Abud-Dardaa (radyAllaahu ‘anhu) reported: “I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) say: ‘Whoever treads a path due to which he seeks knowledge, Allaah will make him tread one of the paths towards Paradise. And the angels lower their wings out of contentment for the seeker of knowledge. And verily all those in the heavens and in the earth, even the fish in the depths of the sea ask forgiveness for the scholar. And verily, the virtue of the scholar over the worshipper is like the virtue of the moon on the night of Al-Badr over all of the stars. Indeed, the scholars are the inheritors of the prophets, for the prophets do not leave behind a dinar or a dirham for inheritance, but rather, they leave behind knowledge. So whoever takes hold of it, has acquired a large share (i.e. of inheritance).’” 

Knowing the Scholars of the Past & Present

• Read this excerpt on Respect for the Scholars 
• The Need for Returning to the Senior Scholars with regard to the Important Issues 
• The Scholars are the Inheritors of the Prophets 
• The Difference between a Scholar and a Da'ee (caller)
  Visit Fatwa-Online to read biographies of the scholars of the past & present. 
• More biographies of the ulema 
• Our stance towards the differences amongst the Scholars

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