| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1997 |
| In-book reference | : Book 9, Hadith 153 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 1997 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2412 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 23 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 15, Hadith 2412 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1720 |
| In-book reference | : Book 7, Hadith 83 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 7, Hadith 1720 |
| Grade: | Da’if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1380 |
| In-book reference | : Book 5, Hadith 578 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 1380 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4311 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 212 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4311 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 2313 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 18, Hadith 2512 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 2737 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 23, Hadith 3236 |
Narrated Kathir ibn Qays:
Kathir ibn Qays said: I was sitting with AbudDarda' in the mosque of Damascus.
A man came to him and said: AbudDarda, I have come to you from the town of the Messenger of Allah (saws) for a tradition that I have heard you relate from the Messenger of Allah (saws). I have come for no other purpose.
He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say: If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise. The angels will lower their wings in their great pleasure with one who seeks knowledge, the inhabitants of the heavens and the Earth and the fish in the deep waters will ask forgiveness for the learned man. The superiority of the learned man over the devout is like that of the moon, on the night when it is full, over the rest of the stars. The learned are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets leave neither dinar nor dirham, leaving only knowledge, and he who takes it takes an abundant portion.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3641 |
| In-book reference | : Book 26, Hadith 1 |
| English translation | : Book 25, Hadith 3634 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 527 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 137 |
| English translation | : Book 2, Hadith 527 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2711 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 235 |
| English translation | : Book 14, Hadith 2705 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 25, Hadith 3183 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 3, Hadith 6190 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 51 |
| In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 51 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 51 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 191 |
| In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 191 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 191 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 216 |
| In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 216 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 216 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 728 |
| In-book reference | : Book 3, Hadith 23 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 728 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 738 |
| In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 4 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 738 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3824 |
| In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 168 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 33, Hadith 3824 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3668 |
| In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 12 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 33, Hadith 3668 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1837 |
| In-book reference | : Book 8, Hadith 55 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 8, Hadith 1837 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2013 |
| In-book reference | : Book 9, Hadith 169 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 2013 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3455 |
| In-book reference | : Book 31, Hadith 20 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 31, Hadith 3455 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1140 |
| In-book reference | : Book 5, Hadith 338 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 1140 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1604 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 172 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 1604 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4087 |
| In-book reference | : Book 36, Hadith 162 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4087 |
| Grade: | Da’if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4115 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 16 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4115 |
| Grade: | Da’if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4210 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 111 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4210 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4224 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 125 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4224 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4286 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 187 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4286 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 2652 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 2738 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2091 |
| In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 2 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 22, Hadith 2093 |
| Grade: | Da'if Isnād (Zubair `Aliza'i) |
| Reference | : Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 239 |
| In-book reference | : Book 35, Hadith 6 |
| Reference | : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 554 |
| In-book reference | : Book 30, Hadith 17 |
| English translation | : Book 30, Hadith 554 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 5, Hadith 1774 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 53, Hadith 6021 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 6763 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 64, Hadith 7417 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 10, Hadith 18782 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 33, Hadith 33260 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 33, Hadith 33307 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 11, Hadith 2184 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 50, Hadith 6687 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 64, Hadith 10457 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 65, Hadith 10619 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 38, Hadith 7701 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3703 |
| In-book reference | : Book 49, Hadith 99 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3703 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 49, Hadith 8848 |