Knowledge
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A Little knowledge is better than praying much. Worshipping God suffices to show one's knowledge and selfish judgment is enough to show his ignorance. People are two groups: the faithful and the ignorant. Do not annoy the former and do not be a company to the latter.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 93; Page No. 21 link
God has not granted knowledge to the learned unless He has made them promise not to spare it from others.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 711; Page No. 102 link
Keep company with the hungry and learned men, for wisdom flows out through their tongues.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1127; Page No. 161 link
Be an early bird in seeking knowledge, for early-rising brings you blessing and prosperity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 264; Page No. 43 link
Be an scholar or a student, a listener or a lover of lore, and be not the fifth (of these four), for you'll perish.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 265; Page No. 43 link
God will in the Hereafter echo in the ears of people the disgrace of whoever echoes his knowledge in the ears of people (in this world), and will lower and belittle him.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 751; Page No. 107 link
All holders of knowledge hunger for new knowledge.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 177; Page No. 32 link
All kinds of knowledge will entail evil results in the Day of Judgment, save that which is put to practice.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 179; Page No. 32 link
If knowledge were hanging from the firmament, a group of Persians would (manage to) acquire it.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1000; Page No. 141 link
Compared with martyrs' blood, the learned's ink is weightier (worthier).
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 406; Page No. 62 link
God will not call to account (in the Hereafter) the one that teaches a child to say, "There is no god but God".
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 772; Page No. 110 link
God will not debase any servant before sparing him/her knowledge and courtesy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 773; Page No. 110 link
God will not make anybody mean, unless He manages to take away his the knowledge and politeness.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 775; Page No. 110&111 link
God will open a way to Paradise for those who leave their homes in search of knowledge.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 780; Page No. 111 link
Everything, even birds in skies and fish in sees, curse those who conceal knowledge.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 568; Page No. 83 link
Everything, even fish in seas, asks forgiveness for the learned.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 569; Page No. 83 link
Everything has its own path, and the path to Paradise is (acquiring) knowledge.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 566; Page No. 83 link
When committing a sin, the knowledgeable man is guilty of the one sin whereas the ignorant man is guilty of two [i.e. the sin itself and the sin of ignorance].
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28784; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 501 link
By the One Who holds Muhammad' s soul in His Grasp! Verily one knowledgeable man is more difficult for Satan to bear than seventy worshippers, for the worshipper serves himself whilst the knowledgeable man serves others.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28908; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 505 link
The death of a scholar is an affliction that cannot be compensated and a void that cannot be filled, for he is a star that has been obliterated. The death of a whole tribe is easier to bear than the death of a scholar.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28858; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 506 link
Seek knowledge even in China, for verily to seek knowledge is an obligation on every Muslim.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28697; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 507 link
There are two insatiable types of people who are never satisfied by their quest the seeker of knowledge and the seeker after this world.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28726; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 507 link
The seeker of knowledge among ignorant people is as the living one among the dead.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28726; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 link
He who goes out to seek knowledge is indeed on the path of Allah until he returns.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28702; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 link
He who goes out to seek knowledge, Allah guarantees his sustenance for him.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28701; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 link
The seeker of knowledge is the seeker of mercy; the seeker of knowledge is the pillar of Islam and is given his recompense with the prophets.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28729; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 508 link
Verily the angels spread their wings over the seeker of knowledge and seek forgiveness on his behalf.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28745; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 509 link
He who goes out to seek knowledge is himself sought after by Paradise.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28842; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 509 link
Whoever gains knowledge for the sake of anything other than Allah, most High, should take himself a seat in the Fire.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 29035; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 512 link
There are three types of people whose right none will deem lightly apart from the hypocrite who manifests his hypocrisy the old person in Islam, the just leader, and the teacher of good.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43811; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 515 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
It is a scholar' s right upon you that you greet people in general as a whole but single him out with your greeting, that you sit in front of him, that you do not point to him with your hand, nor make hints against him with your eyes, nor say, 'but x said' in opposition to his statements, nor backbite anyone in his presence, nor whisper secrets to others in his gathering, nor pull on his robe, nor insist for him to continue if he is tired, nor show disinclination at the length of his speech, for verily it [i.e. his speech] is as a palm tree from which you [should] anxiously wait for something to fall from it for you.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 29363; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 515 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
It is not part of the moral virtues of a believer that he should flatter or be jealous except in the quest for knowledge.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 29364; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 515 link
He who goes forth to meet the scholars has indeed come forth to meet me, and he who visits the scholars has indeed visited me, and he who sits in the company of the scholars has indeed sat in my company, and whoever sits in my company is as if he has sat in the company of my Lord.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28883; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 516 link
O Moses, devote yourself exclusively to knowledge if you want it, for verily knowledge is for the one who devotes himself exclusively to it.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44176; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 516 link
The scholars are Allah's trustees over His creation.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28675; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 517 link
The superiority of the scholar over others is as the superiority of the prophet over his community.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28798; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 517 link
Haste in seeking knowledge, for uttering true words is better than the world and its gold and silver.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 859; Page No. 122 link
He who teaches good to people but forgets about himself is like unto a candle giving light to people but burning itself.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 884; Page No. 125 link
An hour of seeking knowledge is better than praying one whole night, and a day of seeking knowledge is better than fasting three months.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 205; Page No. 35 link
An hour of thinking is better than sixty years of praying.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 207; Page No. 35 link
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