Ismaʿil narrated to us; he said: Malik narrated to me, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “Allah does not remove knowledge by snatching it out of people’s hearts; rather, He removes knowledge by taking the scholars in death. When no scholar remains, people will appoint ignorant individuals as their leaders; they will be asked and will issue legal rulings without knowledge, so they go astray and lead others astray.”