Reward of seeking knowledge
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 269
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَیْمُونٍ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ سَلَکَ طَرِیقاً یَطْلُبُ فِیهِ عِلْماً سَلَکَ اللَّهُ بِهِ طَرِیقاً إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ وَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِکَهَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًی بِهِ وَ إِنَّهُ یَسْتَغْفِرُ لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ مَنْ فِی السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ مَنْ فِی الْأَرْضِ حَتَّی الْحُوتُ فِی الْبَحْرِ وَ فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَی الْعَابِدِ کَفَضْلِ الْقَمَرِ عَلَی سَائِرِ النُّجُومِ لَیْلَهَ الْبَدْرِ وَ إِنَّ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَرَثَهُ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ وَ إِنَّ الْأَنْبِیَاءَ لَمْ یُوَرِّثُوا دِینَاراً وَ لَا دِرْهَماً وَ لَکِنْ وَرَّثُوا الْعِلْمَ فَمَنْ أَخَذَ مِنْهُمْ أَخَذَ بِحَظٍّ وَافِرٍ.
1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq عليه السلام narrates from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “One who walks on the way to seek knowledge, Allah will make him walk on the way to Paradise. Angels spread their wings for the pleasure of a student and every thing in the earth and the heaven including the fishes of oceans repent for him. A scholar is better than a worshipper much in the same way as a full moon is compared to stars. The scholars are inheritors of the prophets and the value of inheritance of prophets is measured in terms of knowledge instead of wealth. Whoever got a little of their inheritance has achieved a lot.”