It is reported that Abū Al-Dardā' – Allāh be pleased with him – said:
Be a scholar or a learner, or a person who loves [the scholars] or a follower [of the scholars], but do not be the fifth.
Ḥumayd (one of the reporters) asked Al-Ḥasan (Al-Baṣri, who reported this from Abū Al-Dardā'), “And who is the fifth?” He replied, “A heretic (mubtadi’, religious innovator}.”Ibn ʿAbd Al-Barr, Jāmi’ Bayān Al-‘Ilm 1:142.
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Pearls of the Salaf | ✔
Non-Fiction-the salaf series 3- "life changes, little by little, slowly and sweetly." - a third book in 'the salaf series' - can be read as a standalone