Are those who know equal to those who do not? (al-Qur’an 39:9)
Say, ‘O Lord, increase me in knowledge.’ (al-Qur’an 20:114)
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THE PROPHET 
said: ‘Seeking knowledge is a religious obligation for every Muslim (male and female)’. (Ibn Majah, Bayhaqi)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘Acquire knowledge, and teach it to people; learn your religious obligations and teach them to people; learn the Qur’an and teach it to people’. (Darimi)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘A religious scholar is as far above an (ignorant) worshipper as I am above the rest of you. Truly, Allah, His angels and all those in the heavens and the earth – even the ants in their anthills and the fish – invoke blessings on those who instruct others in anything that is good’. (Tirmidhi)
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THE PROPHET said: ‘Allah will not take away (religious) knowledge by removing it from people’s hearts, but He will take it away by the death of scholars, until, when no (true) scholars remain, people will take the ignorant (among them) as their leaders. When they are consulted, they will give their verdicts without knowledge. So they will go astray and will lead people astray’. (Bukhari)