A-2.2: Hadith Evidence

The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:

1- "Whoever Allah wishes well, He gives knowledge of religion."

2- "The superiority of the learned Muslim over the devotee is as my superiority over the least of you."

Then the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,

"Allah and His angels, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths, even the ant in its anthill and the fish, bless for those who teach people what is good."

3- "When a human being dies, his work comes to an end except for three things: ongoing charity, knowledge benefited from, or a pious son who prays for him."

4- "A single learned Muslim is harder on the Devil than a thousand worshippers."

5- "Whoever travels a path seeking knowledge Allah makes easy for him a path to paradise.

"Angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of pleasure in what he seeks.

"Those in the heavens and the earth, and the very fish in the water ask Allah to forgive the person endowed with Sacred Knowledge.

"The superiority of the learned Muslim over the devotee is like the superiority of the moon over all the stars.

"The learned are the heirs of the prophets. The prophets have not bequeathed dinar nor dirham, but have only left Sacred Knowledge, and whoever takes it has taken an enormous share."

6- "He who calls others to guidance shall receive the like of the reward of those who follow him without this diminishing their own reward in the slightest. And he who calls others to misguidance shall bear the like of the sins of those who follow him without this diminishing their own sins."

7- "He who goes forth to seek Sacred Knowledge is in the way of Allah [syn jihad def:09] until he returns."

8- "This world and what is in it are accursed [dis: w-5] except for the remembrance of Allah, that which Allah loves, someone with Sacred Knowledge or someone learning it."