Reports on seeking knowledge and teaching it

Asim said that Zirr said: I came to Sayyiduna Safwan bin Assal al-Muradi (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked me: "Why have you come?" I said: "To seek knowledge." He said: "Indeed, the angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge."

Sa'id bin Jubayr said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Everything prays for forgiveness for the one who teaches what is good, even the fish in the sea."

Antarah said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "No man walks a path seeking knowledge in it except that Allah, the Lord of Might, makes easy for him the path to Paradise."

Amr bin Qays said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The virtue of knowledge is better than the virtue of worship, and the foundation of your religion is piety."

Al-Ahnaf said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Acquire knowledge before you are made leaders."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever walks a path in order to acquire knowledge, Allah, the Lord of Might, makes easy for him the path to Paradise."

Tawus said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "There are two greedy ones who are never satisfied: the one who desires knowledge and the one who desires the world."

Shaqiq said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Acquire knowledge, for none of you knows when he will come to need it."

Abu Ubaydah said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Begin your morning as a scholar or as a learner, and apart from these, do not begin it as a third."

Salim bin Abi al-Ja'd said that Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Learn knowledge before knowledge is taken away. Indeed, the one who knows and the one who learns are equal in reward."

Salim said that Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The teacher of knowledge and the one who learns it are both equal in reward."

Abu al-Ahwas said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, no man is born a scholar; knowledge comes only through learning."

This statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) is also reported through this chain.