The Scholars Are the Heirs of the Prophets

Transliteration

Man salaka tariqan yatlubu fihi 'ilman salakallahu bihi tariqan min turuqil-jannah, wa innal-mala'ikata latada'u ajnihataha ridan li-talibil-'ilm, wa innal-'alima layastaghfiru lahu man fis-samawati wa man fil-ardi wal-hitanu fi jawfil-ma', wa inna fadlal-'alimi 'alal-'abidi ka-fadlil-qamari laylatal-badri 'ala sa'iril-kawakib, wa innal-'ulama'a warathatul-anbiya', wa innal-anbiya'a lam yuwarrithu dinaran wa la dirhaman, warrathul-'ilm, faman akhadhahu akhadha bi-hazzin wafir

Translation

Narrated Abu ad-Darda (RA): I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) say, "Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel a path of Paradise. The angels lower their wings in pleasure with the seeker of knowledge, and those in the heavens and the earth, even the fish in the depths of the water, ask forgiveness for the scholar. The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like that of the full moon over the rest of the stars. The scholars are the heirs of the prophets; the prophets left neither dinar nor dirham — they left only knowledge, and whoever takes it has taken an abundant share."