"Ask like the fools ask"

Ibn Abd Al-Barr writes:

وقال ابراهيم بن المهدي سل مسئلة الحمقى واحفظ حفظ الأكياس

ENGLISH:

"And Ibrahim Ibn Al-Mahdi said: "Ask like the fools ask, but learn and memorise like the smart ones do".

NEDERLANDS:

"En Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi zei: "Stel vragen zoals de dwazen, en onthoud zoals de intelligenten".

["Jami Bayan Al-Ilm", 315-326].