Islam And Knowledge

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The religion of Islam encourages all people to seek and increase their knowledge, and it disparages and warns against ignorance. Allah says:

(Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge.) (58:11)

It regards striving to seek, learn, and teach knowledge as a means which leads to Jannah (paradise). The Messenger of Islam, Muhammad said:

"Whoever seeks a path in search of knowledge, Allah would make easy for him a path leading to Jannah (paradise)." (Abu Dawud)

He forbade that knowledge be concealed, as it is an obligation for each person to seek it. The Messenger of Islam, Muhammad said: "Whoever conceals knowledge would be muzzled on the Day of Resurrection with a muzzle of Fire." (Ibn Hibbaan)

Islam regards scholars with high esteem and demands that they be paid their due respect. The Messenger of Islam, Muhammad said:

"He is not from my followers, he who does not respect his elders, who does not show mercy to the young, and does not give due right to a scholar." (Ahmed)

The Messenger, Muhammad informed us of the status of the scholar in his sayings: "The excellence of a scholar over a layman is like my excellence over the least of you." (Tirmidthi)