Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 21461a
"مَنْ خرَجَ يُريدُ عِلمًا يَتَعَلَّمُهُ، فُتِحَ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى الجَنَّة، وَفَرَشَتْهُ المَلائِكَةُ أكفَافَها، وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيهِ مَلائِكَة السَّمواتِ، وَحِيتَان البُحُورِ، وَلِلعَالِم مِن الفَضْلِ عَلَى العَابِدِ كفَضْلِ القَمَر لَيلَةَ البَدْر عَلَى أَصْغَرِ كَوْكَبٍ في السَّمَاءِ، إِنَّ العُلَمَاءَ وَرَثَةُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، إِنَّ الأَنْبيَاءَ لَمْ يُوَرِّثوا دِينَارًا وَلا دِرْهَمًا، وَلَكنَّهُم وَرَّثوا العِلمَ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَ العِلمَ فَقَدْ أَخَذَ بحَظِّه، مَوْتُ العَالم مُصِيبَةٌ لا تُجْبَرُ، وَثلمَةٌ لا تُسَدُّ وَهُوَ نَجْمٌ طُمِسَ، مَوْتُ قَبِيلَةٍ أَيسَرُ مِنْ مَوْتِ عَالِمٍ".
Translation
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"Whoever goes out seeking knowledge that he may learn it, Allah opens for him a path to Paradise, and the angels lower their wings for him, and the inhabitants of the heavens and the fish of the seas seek forgiveness for him. The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like the superiority of the full moon on its night over the least of the stars in the sky. Indeed, the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, and indeed the Prophets did not leave behind dinar or dirham, but they left behind knowledge; so whoever takes it has taken an abundant portion. The death of a scholar is a calamity that cannot be compensated, and a breach that cannot be closed, and he is a star that has been extinguished. The death of a tribe is easier than the death of a scholar."
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[ع] أبو يعلى [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن أبي الدرداءِ
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