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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Ahlul-Bayt; Ethical Role-Models Rights of Scholars Merits of Knowledge and Scholars Knowledge is the dearest thing for man, since it is the base of civilization and the honor of this world as well as the life to come. Scholars are the prophets’ heirs and supporters of the religion as they guide people to the recognition and obedience to God and lead them to honesty: “Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?

Only the people of reason take heed" (39:9).” “Allah will raise the position of the believers and of those who have received knowledge. Allah is Well- Aware of what you do (58:11).” “Only Allah's knowledgeable servants fear Him. Allah is Majestic and All-pardoning. (35:28)” “These are parables, which We tell to human being, but only the learned ones understand them.

(29:43)” The Prophet (S) said: “As for him who takes a way for seeking knowledge, Allah will lead him to the way that takes to Paradise. As a sign of their pleasure with the seekers of knowledge, the angels lower down their wings for them. Every creature that is in the heavens or on the earth, including the whales, seeks Allah’s forgiveness to the seekers of knowledge. The scholar is preferred to the worshipper in the same way as the full moon is preferred to the other stars.

The scholars are the heirs of the prophets, who definitely did not bequeath dinars or dirhams. They only bequeathed knowledge. Thus, he who takes from that knowledge has surely taken a great thing[^1].” “On the Day of Resurrection, some individuals will have rewards as huge as clouds or as great as unshakable mountains.

When they will wonder how they have obtained such rewards that they did not do things deserving them, they will be answered: “As you instructed people to do good deeds, we recorded for you the reward of every deed that those people carried out[^2].” Amirul-Mu'minin (a) said: “Kumayl, those who amass wealth are dead even though they may be living while those endowed with knowledge will remain as long as the world lives.

Their bodies are not available but their figures exist in the hearts[^3].” Imam al-Baqir (a) said: “A scholar whose knowledge is useful for others is preferred to seventy thousand worshippers[^4].” Imam as-Sadiq (a): “On the Day of Resurrection, all people will be gathered on one highland and the scales will be maintained. The blood of the shahids will be put in a scale and the ink of the scholars in the other.