Going to the Seniors, the Wise and the Scholars
It is reported that Abū Juḥayfah – Allāh be pleased with him – said:
Sit with the seniors, mix with the wise, and enquire with the scholars.
Ibn Ḥibbān, Rawḍatu Al-ʿUqalāʾ p176. See Al-Albānī, Al-Ḍaʿīfah ḥadīth 3462.
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Imam Malik’s advice to one of his companions about when to go out and where to sit.
Changing your religious stance from what you used to know to be right is a sign of misguidance and falling into fitnah.