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Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on the reward for the scholars and those who seek knowledge

َّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الاشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ ٠ُونٍ الْقَدَّاحِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ٠َنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقاً يَطْلُبُ فِيهِ عِلْ٠اً سَلَكَ الله بِهِ طَرِيقاً إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الْ٠َلائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْ٠ِ رِضًا بِهِ وَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْ٠َنْ فِي الارْضِ حَتَّى الْحُوتِ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَفَضْلُ الْعَالِ٠ِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِ الْقَ٠َرِ عَلَى سَائِرِ النُّجُو٠ِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ وَإِنَّ الْعُلَ٠َاءَ وَرَثَةُ الانْبِيَاءِ إِنَّ الانْبِيَاءَ لَ٠ْ يُوَرِّثُوا دِينَاراً وَلا دِرْهَ٠اً وَلَكِنْ وَرَّثُوا الْعِلْ٠ِنْهُ أَخَذَ بِحَظٍّ وَافِرٍ. 1. Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, all from Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ari from ’Abdullah ibn Maymun al-Qaddah and Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Qaddah from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “The holy Prophet has said, ‘If one sets out on a journey to seek knowledge Allah will lead him to the way that would take him to paradise. The angels will stretch their wings for the pleasure of the seeker of knowledge and all that is in the heavens and earth even the whales in the oceans will ask forgiveness for him (from Allah).