but if the solicitor cannot [bear] 1 the answer to what he asked about due to the shortness of his understanding [and the lowliness of] 2 his degree, there is no harm if the Imam says to him: [God, His angels, and the possessors of authority among the believers know best] 3 , "I have no answer to what you asked about." If the group cannot bear the answer, it shall be turned away from them kindly, then they bring whoever was among the suspended ones and the seekers of knowledge, and they study reports that make them yearn and urge them toward knowledge. Then, if the drink overcomes them, they dismiss whoever was among the weak ones, and they study for the remainder of that day. After that, the captain orders the group with questions, disputation , and debating in knowledge, and enjoying looking at one another; such are the councils of the believers and the conduct of the monotheists.
And you, O Sheikh, we have not seen you practice anything of what the preceding, monotheistic believers did;