رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1387
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- 12
Chapter 1
Chapter context: Virtues of Knowledge which is Learnt and Taught for the sake of Allah
- باب فضل العلم تعلما وتعليما لله
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Original Arabic
وعن أبي أمامة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "فضل العالم على العابد كفضلي على أدناكم" ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "إن الله وملائكته وأهل السماوات والأرض حتى النملة في جحرها وحتى الحوت ليصلون على معلمي الناس الخير" ((رواه الترمذي وقال: حديث حسن. )).
Translation
English translation
Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The superiority of the learned over the devout worshipper is like my superiority over the most inferior amongst you (in good deeds)." He went on to say, "Allah, His angels, the dwellers of the heaven and the earth, and even the ant in its hole and the fish (in water) supplicate in favour of those who teach people knowledge." [At-Tirmidhi].
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This is Hadith 1387 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 13, The Book of Knowledge, as in-book entry 12 under the chapter “Virtues of Knowledge which is Learnt and Taught for the sake of Allah.”
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