عَنِ الْحَسَنِ مُرْسَلًا قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ جَاءَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَهُوَ يَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ لِيُحْيِيَ بِهِ الْإِسْلَامَ فَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّبِيِّينَ دَرَجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» . رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ

‘Aun reported Ibn Mas'ud as saying, “Two greedy ones neverattain satisfaction, the learned man and the worldly man, but they arenot equal. The learned man becomes more pleasing to the Compassionate One, but the worldly man perseveres in transgression." Then‘Abdallah [ibn Mas'ud] recited, “Nay, but man transgresses in considering that heis self-sufficient. "* He added, “The other is preferable, for ‘only thoseof His servants who are learned fear God.’ " [Ibid, xxxv, 28.] Darimi transmitted it. *Qur’an, xcvi, 6 f.