You should never answer anyone who asks him about something...
You should never answer anyone who asks him about something, in order that he may be the one who answers. You should not speak to anyone in his session nor speak ill of anyone with him. If anyone ever speaks ill of him in your presence, you should defend him. You should conceal his faults and manifest his virtues. You should not sit with him in enmity or show hostility toward him in friendship.
If you do all of this, Allah’s angels will give witness for you that you went straight to him and learned his knowledge for Allah’s sake, not for the sake of the people.” The Imam, peace be on him, established excellent programs for teacher’s rights against his students.
Students should show sincerity and gratitude toward these rights of teacher who spares no effort to bring them out of the shadows of ignorance into the fields of knowledge and civilization, in order to develop their intellects, and to enlighten their thoughts, hence they should show all kinds of thankfulness and gratitude toward him.
The Reward of Learner The Imam, peace be on him, talked about the plentiful reward which Allah, the Exalted, would give to those who seek knowledge, saying: “When one leaves his house to seek knowledge, the seven earths will glorify him.[^8]” Free Education The Imam, peace be on him, thought that it was necessary for scholars to spread and proclaim knowledge among people freely, and that it was permissible for them to take fee for it.
In this connection, he, peace be on him, said: “He who conceals knowledge and takes fee for it, then his knowledge will never profit him.[^9]” Islam is distinguished from other religions and social schools by that it absolutely believes in knowledge, makes it incumbent on Muslims men and womento seek it, and prevents them from taking fee for it, and especially as it concerns teaching the Qur’an. Ishaq b.
‘Ammar reported: “I told Imam Zayn al-‘Abidin, peace be on him, that I had a neighbor who would teach the children to read and write, and he said to me: ‘When the child is sent to him, let him say to his family: ‘I teach the child to write and count and trade in teaching the Qur’an[^10], that my daily bread may be good.’[^11]” It is incumbent on the state to give salary to the teacher; it should spend on him in order to free him from need for people.