Do not be the fifth!
:: Translation and proofreading: Al-Islam.ws:
It is reported that Abu Ad-dart '( ra d iyAllāhu ' anhu ) said:
" Be a wise man or a student, or someone who loves [the sages] or a follower of [wise], but do not be the fifth (ie, the fifth type of person, other than those mentioned). "
H umayd (one of the narrators) asked Al- H asan (Al-Ba s ri, who inspired this story of Abu Ad-dart '): "And who is the fifth?" He replied: "A heretic ( mubtadi ' , innovative). "
[ Jami ' al-Bayan ' Ilm , Ibn 'Abdil-Barr, 1:142.]