It is reported that Abū Qilābah – Allāh Have mercy on him – said:
It is only the storyteller-preachers (al-quṣāṣ) who have killed knowledge. A man listens to a storyteller for a year without really learning anything that will last, whereas a man who sits with a scholar for an hour learns what will last and benefit him before he even gets up. Abō Nu’aym, Ḥilyatu Al-Awliyā` 2:287.
Abō Nu’aym, Ḥilyatu Al-Awliyā` 2:287.
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It is reported from Abû Qilâbah – Allâh have mercy on him – that he said: Do not sit with the People of Desires (Bid’ah), for I fear that they will immerse you in their misguidance or mix up and confuse what you already know. Ibn Battah, Al-Ibânah Al-Kubrâ Vol.1 p377.