“The likeness of the one who sits and listen to wisdom then only speaks of the bad things that he had heard, is that of a man who comes to a shepherd and says: “O shepherd, give me one of your sheep to slaughter,” and (the shepherd) says: “Go and grab the ear of the best of them.” Then he goes and grabs the ear of the sheepdog.’” Another chain reports a similar hadith.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ يَسْمَعُ الْحِكْمَةَ ثُمَّ لاَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلاَّ بِشَرِّ مَا يَسْمَعُ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَاعِيًا فَقَالَ يَا رَاعِي أَجْزِرْنِي شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِكَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَخُذْ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا فَذَهَبَ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِ كَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ فِيهِ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا شَاةً  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of one who listens to wisdom and follows the worst of what he hears is like a man who went to a shepherd and said to him, 'Give me the best sheep from your flock.' The shepherd replied, 'Go and take the best sheep by its ear.' So he went and took the ear of the dog instead of the sheep."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَيَتَّبِعُ شَرَّ مَا يَسْمَعُ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَاعِيًا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَجْزِرْنِي شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِكَ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ فَخُذْ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا شَاةً فَذَهَبَ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِ كَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ  

“The likeness of the one who sits and listen to wisdom then only speaks of the bad things that he had heard, is that of a man who comes to a shepherd and says: “O shepherd, give me one of your sheep to slaughter,” and (the shepherd) says: “Go and grab the ear of the best of them.” Then he goes and grabs the ear of the sheepdog.’” Another chain reports a similar hadith. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4172)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ فَيَسْمَعُ الْحِكْمَةَ ثُمَّ لَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا بِشَرِّ مَا سَمِعَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَاعِيًا فَقَالَ يَا رَاعِيَ أجزرني شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِكَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَخُذْ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا فَذَهَبَ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِ كَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "The example of the one who hears wisdom but does not inform about its source is like the example of a man who came to a shepherd and said, 'Sell me a sheep from your flock.' The shepherd said, 'Choose.' So he took hold of the ear of a sheep."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ الْحِكْمَةَ ثُمَّ لَا يُخْبِرُ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا بِشَرِّ مَا يَسْمَعُ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَاعِيَ غَنَمٍ فَقَالَ أَجْزِرْنِي شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِكَ فَقَالَ اخْتَرْ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِ كَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ