Learning What Not to Learn
It is reported that Imām Al-Awzāʿī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Learn what not to take like you learn what to take.
تعلم ما لا تؤخذ به، كما تتعلم ما يؤخذ به
Ibn ʿAbd Al-Barr, Jāmiʿu Bayyān Al-ʿIlm article 435.
It is reported that Imām Al-Awzāʿī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Learn what not to take like you learn what to take.
تعلم ما لا تؤخذ به، كما تتعلم ما يؤخذ به
Ibn ʿAbd Al-Barr, Jāmiʿu Bayyān Al-ʿIlm article 435.