فَضلُ العُلَماءِ The Virtue of the Scholars

85ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): العُلَماءُ اُمَناءُ اللّه‏ِ عَلى خَلقِهِ.

85– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The scholars are Allah’s trustees over His creation.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28675]
 

86ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): فَضلُ العالِمِ عَلى غَيرِهِ كَفَضلِ النَّبِيِّ عَلى اُمَّتِهِ .

86– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The superiority of the scholar over others is as the superiority of the prophet over his community.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28798]
 

87ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن قالَ: أنا عالِمٌ فَهُوَ جاهِلٌ .

87– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever says ‘I am a knowledgeable man’ is indeed ignorant.’[Munyat al-Murid, no. 137]
 

88ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العُلَماءُ حُكّامٌ عَلَى النّاسِ .

88– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The scholars are the governors over people.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 507]
 

89ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العالِمُ مَن لا يَشبَعُ مِنَ العِلمِ ، ولا يَتَشبَّعُ بِهِ .

89– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The scholar is the one who is never satiated with knowledge, and never becomes full of it.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1740]
 

90ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العالِمُ الّذي لايَمَلُّ مِن تَعَلُّمِ العِلمِ .

90– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The scholar is the one who never gets bored of gaining knowledge.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1303]
 

91ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عُلَماءُ شيعَتِنا مُرابِطونَ فِي الثَّغرِ الّذي يَلي إبليسَ وعَفاريتَهُ ، يَمنَعونَهُم عَنِ الخُروجِ عَلى ضُعَفاءِ شيعَتِنا ، وعَن أن يَتَسَلَّطَ عَلَيهِم إبليسُ وشيعَتُهُ.

91– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The scholars from among our shi`aa are stationed at the opening next to where Satan and his demons are, preventing them from coming out to the weak shi`aa and from letting Satan and his followers gain mastery over them.’[al-Ihtijaj, v. 1, p. 13, no. 7]