The Fabler-Preachers (Storytellers)

It is reported that Abū Qilābah – Allāh Have mercy on him – said:

It is only the storyteller-preachers (al-qusās) 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, Hilyatu Al-Awliyā` 2:287.

More:

1. Troubled Times [corrupt scholars]
2. Food for Thought, not for Stomachs
3. The Disease of this Ummah and its Doctor
4. Asking for less refutation [signs of Ahl Al-Bidah]
5. Don’t be the Fifth
6. Responsibility in Knowledge and Da’wah
7. Teach but do not Pretend