Say: Are those who know equal to those who know not?
[Surah Az-Zumar; 9]
A collection of Lines from the Qur'an and ahadith on seeking knowledge and learning.
Say, "O my Lord! Advance me in knowledge."
[Surah Ta-Ha; 114]
'Out of all the gifts/presents given to a child, the best gift is a good
liberal education'
[al-Baihaqi]
And of men and beasts and cattle are various species of it likewise; those of His servants only who are possessed of knowledge fear Allah; surely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.
[Surah Fatir; 28]
'That a ma gives a liberal education to his child is better for him, than he
gives a large measure of corn in alms (charity)'
[at-Tirmidhi]
"Allah has raised two sets of people to high levels of honor, dignity and prestige, the true believers and those who are firmly grounded in knowledge."
[Surah Mujadilah; 11]
'Whoever walks in the path to seek knowledge, Allah will make the path to
paradise easy for him'
[Muslim]
'Whoever seeks knowledge, it will be an atonemet for his past sins'
[at-Tirmidhi]
'Whoever seeks knowledge and attains it will have a double reward, and if he
seeks it but does not attain it, he will have a single reward'
[Darimi]
'The Proiphet passed by two gatherings in his mosque and said, "Both of them
are working for God but one is suprior to the other. As for the one who call
upo Allah (i.e. praying) may Him give them what they seek; and regarding the
other, they learn wisdom and knowledge and teach it to the ignorant; so they
are superior; and I am only raised up as a teacher'
[Darimi]
'Verily Allah, His Angels, and those who inhabit the heavens, even the ants
in their holes and the fish in the seas, pray for the good teachers of
mankind'
[Darimi]
'To acquire knowledge is binding upon all Muslims, men and women. And
placing kowledge with the undeserving is like hanging jewels and pearls and
gold around the necks of swine'
[al-Baihaqi]
'The likeness of knowledge form which there is o benefit is like a treasure
from which nothing is spent in the way of Allah'
[Darimi]
'The calamity of knowledge is forgetfulness, and wasting it is to speak of
it to him who is not fit for it'
[Darimi]
'The man who is questioned about knowledge and hides it knowingly shall be
bridled with a bridle of fire on the day of resurrection'
[Ibn Majah]
'O Allah, I beg Thee of useful kowledge, lawful sustenance and a good
provision'
[al-Baihaqi]
'O Allah, let me profit from what Thou hast taught me and teach me what
would profit me and give me increase in knowledge. Praise be to Allah i all
conditions of life!'
[Ibn Majah]
'Faith is naked, it's dress is piety, its adornmet is modesty and its fruit
is knowledge'
[Hakim]
'On the day of judgement the ink of the learned will be weighed with the
blood of the martyr'
[Ibn Abdulbar]
'Allah revealed to Abraham that He is Omniscient ad loves every learned one'
[Ibn Abdulbar]
'The preference of the learned person over a devotee is as the full moon is
over all the stars'
[Ibn Hibban]
'There is a difference of 100 degress i the learned one and the devotee. The
distance of one degree is such that a swift horse can cover it in seventy
years'
'Angels spread their wigs beig happy with the work of the student'
[Ibn Hibban]
'It is better to learn any chapter of knowledge than to pray 100 rakaahs of
prayer'
[Ibn Abdulbar]
'Knowledge is a treasure, its keys are questions. Continue to ask about
knowledge because by asking one question four persons are rewarded - the
petitioner, the learned, the listener and those who love them'
[Abu Naeem]
'Attendance in the assembly of the leared is better tha praying a thousand
rakats, visitig a thousand patients and participating in a thousand funeral
processions. The companions of the Prophet asked the Prophet if it was
better than recitation of the Qura. He replied, 'Was the Quran beeficial
without knowledge'?'
[Ibnal Jawzi]