WORSHIPPING IS GOOD BUT ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER....BE A SCHOLAR

*WORSHIPPING IS GOOD BUT ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER....BE A SCHOLAR 

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The Virtues of the Scholars (of Quran ) over aabids (worshippers)*

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*ثُ‍‍مَّ أَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۖ*

*فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِ‍‍مٌ لِّ‍‍نَفْسِهِۦ وَمِنْهُ‍‍م مُّ‍‍قْ‍‍تَصِ‍‍دٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِ‍قٌۢ بِ‍‍ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴾*

*(Surah Fatir 35.32) Then We gave the Book as inheritance to such of Our servants whom We chose.*

*Then of them are some who wrong themselves, and of them are some who follow a middle course, and of them are some who are, by Allah's leave, foremost in good deeds.That -- that is indeed a great grace*

📍This refers to the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ

▪︎ _Allah caused it to inherit every Book that He had revealed....those who wrong themselves will be forgiven.....those who follow a middle course will have an easy accounting.... and those who are foremost in good deeds will enter Paradise without being brought to account.''_

♥️ The scholars are the most fortunate of people with regard to this blessing, and the most entitled to this mercy. 

▪︎ Imam Ahmad recorded that Qays bin Kathir said

_"One of the people of Al-Madinah came to Abu Ad-Darda' رضالله عنه when he was in Damascus_

_*Abu Ad-Darda'رضالله عنه said, `What brought you here, my brother'*_

_He said, `A Hadith which I heard that you narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ_

 He said, `Have you come for trade' 

He said, `No.' 

He said, `Have you come for any other reason' 

He said, `No.'

He said, `Have you come only to seek this Hadith'

He said, `Yes.'

 He (Abu Ad-Darda'رضالله عنه) said, `I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:

_*Whoever follows a path to seek knowledge, Allah will show him the way to Paradise.*_

_*The angels lower their wings being pleased with the one who seeks knowledge.*_

_*Whoever is in the heavens and on earth, even the fish in the sea, ask for forgiveness for the scholar.*_

_*The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like that of the moon over all other heavenly bodies.*_

_*The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, for the Prophets did not leave behind Dinars and Dirhams, but they left behind knowledge; and whoever receives it, receives an abundance of good fortune.)'''*_

 It was also reported by Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.

(Tafsir Ibn Kathir)