Tawba 122
122- THE BELIEVERS ARE NOT TO GO OUT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME FROM EVERY GROUP SHOULD GO OUT TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELIGION AND TO WARN THEIR PEOPLE WHEN THEY RETURN TO THEM SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE HEED.
Allah the Highest is commanding us:
Unless there is a great threat for the Muslim nation, which requires everyone to take part, then only some of the Muslims may travel away for fighting of knowledge, religions and other sciences necessary for our life and power. We should learn all sciences well, particularly as Allah the Highest appointed us as His viceroys on Earth.
Learning is a duty and obligation upon every Muslim, and we should seek it even if we have to travel far for it. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Whoever leaves his home seeking knowledge, he is in the cause of Allah until he returns”. (B: Elm; 19 & T: Elm; 2 & A: 4; 240)
And he said: “Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim”. (Ma: Moqademah; 17)
Therefore, whoever travels away for knowledge, in religion or other sciences, should return to benefit his people with his the knowledge he learned.
Learning is not easy, but is necessary for life, and the nations which value knowledge develop and grow stronger, whether they are believers or disbelievers. Learned people should have the highest esteem in the society. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The scholars are the heirs of the prophets, for the prophets do not leave gold or silver, but leave knowledge behind them, whoever takes it; he has taken a great deal”. (B: Elm; 10 & Ma: Moqademah; 17 & D: Elm; 1 & Da: Moqademah; 32 & A: 5; 196)
When a person goes away to learn, his recompense from Allah the Highest depends on his intention. For Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Whoever learns knowledge of the kind that you seek Allah pleasure with, but he learns it to gain something in this lower life, he will not smell the aroma of the Paradise on the day of Resurrection”. (Ma: Moqademah; 23)
And a learned person should pass his knowledge to others, and should make his knowledge available, for he is rewarded for teaching other as he was rewarded for learning in the first place. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The scholar and the student have the same reward”. (Da; Moqademah; 32)
And no person should withhold what he learned from others, for a learned person has a duty of passing his knowledge to others and using his knowledge for the benefit of every one. Allah the Highest said: “THOSE CONCEALING WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN OF THE BOOK AND SELL IT FOR A MISERLY PRICE. WHAT THEY EAT INTO THEIR BELLIES IS BUT THE FIRE. ALLAH DOES NOT SPEAK AT THEM ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, DOES NOT PURIFY THEM, AND THEY SHALL HAVE PAINFUL PUNISHMENT”. (S: 2 A: 174)
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Whoever is asked about knowledge he knows and he withholds that knowledge, Allah will put on a bridle of fire on the Day of Resurrection”. (Ma: Moqademah, 24)
We see that learning is held in a very high esteem in Islam; however learned people have obligations towards the society in general.
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