Don't pretend to know better

Deen is an ocean. Big ships such as Allaamah Bin Hajar Al-Asqalani, Allaamah An-Nawawi and Allaamah Badruddeen Al-Aini (Rahmatullahi 'A'laihim) were unable to sail alone. They needed a guide who knew the path well. Some had taken Imam Shafi’i (Rahmatullahi 'alayh) as their guide – just as some had taken Imam Abu Hanifah (Rahmatullahi 'alayh) as their guide. Aren't you afraid to sail alone in this ocean with your small boat which is like the skin of a peanut? In actual fact, you do not know what you are doing. If great scholars could not sail alone, will you be able to do it alone? Enough! Don't pretend to know better!

[English version of "Pas déclare pli conné" – Al Jamiat – Vol.2 No.8]