Side effect of knowledge is forgetfulness and lack of revision
Ibn Mas’ūd رضي الله عنه said:
«لكل شيء آفة، وآفة العلم النسيان»
“Everything has a side effect, and the side effect of knowledge is forgetfulness and lack of revision.”
[Musnad Ad-Dārimi (634)]
Look at this example
Ash-Sha’bee raḥimahullāh said:
«ما سمعت منذ عشرين سنة رجلاً يحدث بحديث إلا أنا أعلم به منه، ولقد نسيت من العلم ما لو حفظه رجل لكان به عالماً»
For 20 years I have not heard a man narrate ḥadīth except that I know more about it than him. I had forgotten some knowledge, the extent of which if a person were to memorise (it), he would be a scholar.”
[Siyar A’lām An-Nubalā]
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