فَأَمَّا عَوَامُّ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ بِخِلَافِ مَعَانِي الْخَاصِّ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّيَقُّظِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ، فَلَا مَعْنَى لَهُمْ فِي طَلَبِ الْحَدِيثِ الْكَثِيرِ، وَقَدْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ مَعْرِفَةِ الْقَلِيلِ.
As for those without the discernment and knowledge of specialists, there is little benefit in seeking a great quantity of hadith when they are unable to understand even a little correctly.
The comparison concerns levels of scholarly competence: a nonspecialist begins with sound, comprehensible material, while a trained specialist can examine intricate divergences among routes.