Imām Mālik bin Anas on the Importance of Sunnah

قَالَ الْإِمَامُ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّٰهُ: السُّنَّةُ سَفِينَةُ نُوحٍ، مَنْ رَكِبَهَا نَجَا، وَمَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا غَرِقَ

Imām Mālik bin Anas (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said:

“The sunnah is like the ark of Nūḥ. Whoever embarks upon it reaches salvation and whoever refuses is drowned.”