Wise sayings on the importance of “Knowledge”
01. It is an obligation for every Muslim to seek knowledge.
02. To acquire knowledge is binding upon all Muslims, whether male or female.
03. Seek knowledge even if it be in China.
04. Seek knowledge from cradle to grave.
05. Scholars are the heirs of the prophets.
06. The ink of the learned will be weighed with the blood of the martyrs on the Resurrection Day; and then, the ink of the learned would be preferred to the blood of the martyrs.
07. Anyone who pursues a course in search of knowledge, God will ease his way to paradise.
08. Acquire knowledge, it enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to heaven.
09. The most learned of men is the one who gathers knowledge from others on his own; the most worthy of men is the most knowing and the meanest is the most ignorant.
10. The loss of running after an affair without learning about it is more than its benefit.
11. The superiority of a learned man over a worshipper is like that of the full moon over other stars.
12. Once addressing Imam Ali (pbuh), our Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: The sleep of a learned man is better than a thousand Rakats (Units) Namaz (prayer) of a worshipper. O Ali! No poverty is harder than ignorance and no worship can equal contemplation.
