It is reported that Imām Al-Shāfiʿī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Do not live in a land in which there is neither a scholar to inform you about your religion, nor a doctor to tell you about your body.
Al-Bayhaqī, Manāqib Al-Shāfiʿī 2:115
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