Sunan Ibn Majah 4172
سنن ابن ماجه#4172Da'ifIt was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“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
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniDaif
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiDaif
Shuaib Al ArnautDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 37:73