Sufyan ibn Uyaynah رحمه الله said , on the authority of Imam Ibn Shihab al -Zuhri رحمه الله : I used to sit with Ali ibn al - Husayn ( Zain ul Abideen ) a lot and I did not see anyone who was more knowledgeable than him , but he spoke little . Tehzeeb ul Kamal volume 20 page 386
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.
Also read
Related sayings.
A reminder about reading the Quran regularly.
Imam Malik’s advice to one of his companions about when to go out and where to sit.