HIGH STATUS OF 'ULEMA' (LEANED SCHOLARS OF RELIGIOUS LAWS)
1. ALLAH(SWT) says:- “If know you not, ask of those who know” (Ch. 21 (Ambiya) V. 7) 2. Imam-e-Kazim (A.S.) says:- When a true scholar of Islamic laws dies, angels mourn on him and the piece of land on which he used to worship, also mourns on him and the doors of heaven through which his virtuous acts would pass to be precented before ALLAH also mourn. His death causes such a hole in Islam which no one can fill up since these scholars are the forts of Islam just as the walls of a city are its fort. (Usool-e-Kafi Vol.1, P. 38) 3. Imam-e-Jafar-e-Sadiq (A.S.) says:- When ALLAH intends to grace someone with goodness, He gives him Ilm-e-deen (Knowledge of religion). (Usool-e-Kafi Vol.1, P.32) |
