Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, Allah will not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people, while He has granted them knowledge. Rather, He will take away knowledge by taking the souls of the scholars, until when no scholar remains, people will take the ignorant as leaders. They will ask them questions, and they will give answers without knowledge. They will misguide others and will themselves be misguided."