Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 22338a
"مَنْ غَدَا يُريدُ العِلم يَتَعَلّمُهُ للهِ، فُتِحَ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى الجَنَّةِ، وَفَرَشَتْ () لَهُ المَلائكَةُ أَكْنَافَهَا وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيه مَلائِكَةُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَحِيتَانُ البُحُور، وَلِلْعَالم عَلَى العَابِدِ مِن الفَضْل كفَضْلِ القَمَرِ لَيلَةَ البَدرِ عَلَى أَصْغَر كَوْكَبٍ فِي السّمَاء، وَالعُلَمَاءُ وَرَثَةُ الأَنْبيَاءِ، إِنَّ الأَنبيَاءَ لَمْ يُوَرّثوا دِينَارًا وَلا درْهَمًا، وَلَكِنهُمْ وَرّثوا العِلمَ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ أَخَذَ بِحَظِّهِ، وَمَوْتُ العَالِم مُصِيبَةٌ لا تُجْبَرُ، وَثُلمةٌ لا تُسَدُّ، وَهُوَ نَجْمٌ طُمسَ، وَمَوْتُ قَبيلَةٍ أَيسَرُ مِن مَوْتِ عَالِمٍ".
Translation
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"Whoever goes out seeking knowledge, learning it for the sake of Allah, a door to Paradise is opened for him, and the angels lower their wings () for him, and the angels of the heavens and the fish of the seas send blessings upon 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. The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets. Indeed, the Prophets did not bequeath dinars or dirhams; they bequeathed only knowledge, so whoever takes it takes a full portion. The death of a scholar is a calamity that cannot be compensated, and a breach that cannot be closed; 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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[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أَبي الدرداء
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