6.   مَنۡ سَلَكَ طَرِيۡقًا يَلۡتَمِسُ فِيۡهِ عِلۡمًا سَهَّلَ اللّٰهُ لَهُ بِهٖ طَرِيۡقًا اِلَي الۡجَنَّةِ: ‘Whoever walks on a path in search of knowledge, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ makes the path to Paradise easy for him.’^[1]

7.   Scholars are inheritors of the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام. Indeed, the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام do not make heirs of wealth, but they make inheritors of knowledge, and anyone who acquires knowledge has taken his share. The death of a scholar is such a tragedy which cannot be compensated, and it is such a void which cannot be filled. It is as if he was a star which became dim. The death of a community is nothing compared to the death of a scholar.^[2]

8.   One who meets death whilst seeking knowledge for the revival of Islam, there will be the difference of only one rank between him and the Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام in Paradise.^[3]

9.   مَنۡ خَرَجَ فِيۡ طَلَبِ الۡعِلۡمِ فَهُوَ فِيۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ حَتّٰي يَرۡجِعَ: Whoever leaves his home for acquiring knowledge, he is in the path of Allah until he returns.^[4]

Regarding the last blessed Hadith, the renowned commentator, a great thinker of the Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has said: “i.e. The person who leaves his home to ask about a ruling, or goes to a scholar from his homeland in search of knowledge, he is ‘مُجَاهِد فِيۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰه’ (i.e. like the one who is a warrior in the path of Allah Almighty). All of his time and every movement will be worship until he returns like a Ghazi.”^[5]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! Remember! The virtues which have been mentioned