Abu ʿAbdillah Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi’ee 204 AH (May Allah have mercy on him) said,
“ما فسد النَّاس إلا لما تركوا لسان العرب، واتبعوا لسان أرسطو “
“People did not become corrupted, or deviated, except after their abandonment of the Arabic language and their inclination to the language of Aristotle!”
[Sharh Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah 1/100; quoted by Imam Dhahabi in as-Siyar A’lam al-Nubala 10/74 and al-Suyuti in Sawn al-Mantiq p.15.]
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