A comprehensive Hadith about excellence of knowledge

<p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><br /> <br /> Through His words, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has revealed the excellence of knowledge on various occasions.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>In one Hadith, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) described some 35 benefits of knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Let us see this Hadith:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana; mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Translation: The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Acquire knowledge, as doing so for the pleasure of Allah is a virtue.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Acquiring it is worship.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Discussing matters of knowledge is like glorifying Allah.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Research in knowledge is rewarded like Jihad (struggle in the path of Allah).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Imparting knowledge to an ignorant person is a virtue.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Expending knowledge on those who are worthy of it is a means of gaining proximity to Allah as knowledge is the means of awareness of the lawful and the unlawful.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">It is the beacon on the path of the dwellers of Jannah.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Knowledge is a friend and comforter in desolation and loneliness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>It is the best company in a journey.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>It is someone to talk to in seclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>It is a guide in affluence and a helper in times of need.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>It is a weapon against enemies and an adornment for friends.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Allah grants ascent and high status to some people because of knowledge and makes them leaders in works of good, makes others follow their footsteps. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>Their methods are assumed by others and their opinion is considered the final word.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Angels like their manners and spread their wings for them.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Everything in the world prays for their forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The fishes of the oceans and other marine life and other terrestrial animals supplicate for them, as knowledge is like life for the hearts of those who live in ignorance.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">It is a lamp for the sight for those who live in darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Through the blessings of knowledge, one reaches the stations of the pious and is seated on high stations in this world and the hereafter.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Reflecting upon knowledge is like fasting.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Sitting together and reading it is like standing in worship in the night.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Through this relationships are forged, through this lawful and the unlawful are recognized.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>It leads one to implementation of knowledge and stays with one.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>It is granted to the favored and held back from those who are doomed.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>(Nuzhatul Majalis, Babu Fadhlil Ilmi Wa Ahlihi)</span></p>