Collection: Sunan Ibn Majah

“When the Prophet walked, his Companions would walk in front of him, and he would leave his back for the angels.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “People will come to you seeking knowledge. When you see them say to them, ‘Welcome, welcome,’ in obedience to the injunctions of the Messenger of Allah and instruct them in knowledge.”(One of the narrators said) “I said to Al-Hakam: ‘What is ‘Iqnuhum?’ He said: ‘Instruct them.’”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The best things that a man can leave behind are three: A righteous son who will pray for him, ongoing charity whose reward will reach him, and knowledge which is acted upon after his death.’” (Hasan) Another chain with similar wording.

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The rewards of the good deeds that will reach a believer after his death are: Knowledge which he taught and spread; a righteous son whom he leaves behind; a copy of the Qur’an that he leaves as a legacy; a mosque that he built; a house that he built for […]

The Prophet said: “The best of charity is when a Muslim man gains knowledge, then he teaches it to his Muslim brother.”

“The Messenger of Allah was never seen eating while reclining or making two men walk behind him.” (Sahih) Other chains with the same meanings.

The Prophet said: “Whoever teaches some knowledge will have the reward of the one who acts upon it, without that detracting from his reward in the slightest.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “This goodness contains many treasures, and for those there are keys. So glad tidings to the one whom Allah makes a key to good and a lock for evil, and woe to the one whom Allah makes a key to evil and a lock to good.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Everyone in the universe, in the heavens and on earth, prays for forgiveness for the scholar, even the fish in the sea.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Let the one who is present convey to the one who is absent.’”