عن أبي الدَّرْداءِ قال: سمعتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ يقولُ: «مَن سلَكَ طريقًا يَلتمِسُ فيه عِلمًا، سهَّلَ اللهُ له طريقًا إلى الجنةِ، وإنَّ الملائكةَ لَتضَعُ أجنحتَها رضًا لطالب العلم، وإنَّ طالبَ العلم يَستغفِرُ له مَن في السماء والأرض، حتى الحيتانُ في الماء، وإنَّ فضلَ العالِم على العابد كفضل القمرِ على سائر الكواكب، وإنَّ العلماءَ ورَثةُ الأنبياء، وإنَّ الأنبياءَ لم يورِّثوا دينارًا ولا درهمًا؛ إنما ورَّثوا العلمَ، فمَن أخذه أخَذ بحظٍّ وافرٍ».
Abu al-Dardāʼ said: I heard God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) say:
1. When a person takes a way to pursue knowledge, God will facilitate his way to Heaven.
2. Angels put down their wings, feeling pleased with the pursuer of knowledge.
3. All dwellers of Heaven and earth, including fish in water, pray for the forgiveness of [the sins of] the one who pursues knowledge.
4. The superiority of a scholar to one who devotes much time in worship is similar to the superiority of the moon to all planets.
5. Scholars are the heirs of prophets. Prophets do not bequeath any amount of money, large or small, but they bequeath knowledge. Whoever takes it holds to a rich inheritance.
He it is who has sent down to you the Book, containing verses which are clear and precise – and these are the essence of the Book – and others are equivocal. Those whose hearts have swerved from the truth pursue that part of it which is equivocal, seeking to create dissension and trying to give it an arbitrary meaning. None knows its final meaning other than God and those who are firmly grounded in knowledge. They say: We believe in it; it is all from our Lord. But only those who are endowed with insight take heed.
(3: 7)
God Himself bears witness, and so do the angels and men of knowledge, that there is no deity other than Him, the executor of Justice. There is no deity save Him, the Almighty, the Wise.
(3: 18)
Such are the comparisons We draw for people’s benefit, but none will grasp their meaning except the people of knowledge.
(29: 43)
It is those who are endowed with knowledge that stand truly in awe of God.
(35: 28)
How about one who devoutly worships God during the hours of the night prostrating himself or standing in prayer, ever mindful of the life to come, and hoping for his Lord’s mercy? Say: ‘Can those who know and those who do not know be deemed equal?’ Only those who are endowed with insight will take heed.
(39: 9)
God will elevate, by many degrees, those of you who believe and those who have been given knowledge. God is fully aware of all that you do.
(58: 11)
