Do Not Hook People to Bid’ah
It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Whoever hears of a bidʿah, let him not tell it to those who are with him, lest he cast it into their hearts.
Al-Dhahabī, Siyar ʾAʿlām Al-Nubalāʾ 7:261.
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Related sayings.
The Salaf used to be careful not to speak in front of elders unless absolutely needed.
The negative effect of ignoble people being the carriers of knowledge.