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The Excellence Of Knowledge And The Scholars And A Refutation Of those Who Belittle them
On the Authority of Abu Dardaa (radiyllahu anhu), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah :saw2: say:
"Whoever traverses a path in search of knwledge, Allah makes easy for him a path to Paradise. Verily, the Angles lower thir wings in contentment for the seeker of knowledge. The inhabitants of the Heavens and the inhabitants of the Earth and even the fish in the water seek forgieness for the scholar. And the excellence of the scholar over the general worshpper is the like the excellence [of the brightness] of the moon over [the twinking of] the stars. Indeed the scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets. The Prophets do not leave behind Deenaar nor Dirham (i.e. money) as inheritance, rather they leave behind knowledge, and whoever takes from it has taken an abundant treasure."
Narrated by Abu Dawood and At-Tirmidhee