[Machine] The wise scholar said, "Half of knowledge has gone today." So it was asked, "How is that, O Abu Al-Mu'tamir?" He replied, "The man used to be from the people of desires, so when he disagreed with us in a narration from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we would say to him, 'Come to the one who heard it from him.'"
مُوَرِّقٌ الْعِجْلِيُّ «ذَهَبَ الْيَوْمَ نِصْفُ الْعِلْمِ» فَقِيلَ وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ يَا أَبَا الْمُعْتَمِرِ؟ فَقَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَهْوَاءِ إِذَا خَالَفَنَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْنَا لَهُ تَعَالَ إِلَى مَنْ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ