O Allaah protect me from knowledge which does not benefit

Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa v8 p328

Ibn as-Sammaak رحمه الله said:

How many things are there – if they do not benefit, they will not harm. However, [with regard to] knowledge – if it does not benefit, it will harm.

Translation originally published on 21 October, 2016.