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

‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud said

If the learned were to guard learningand entrust it to those who are worthy of it, they would thereby, ruletheir contemporaries. But they have bestowed it on worldly people toget thereby some of their worldly goods, and have been despised bythem. I heard your Prophet say, "If anyone makes the care of hiseternal welfare the sum total of his cares God will protect him fromworldly care, but if he has a variety of cares consisting of matters related to this world God will not be concerned in which of its wadis heperishes.” Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Baihaqi transmitted it inShu'ab al-iman from Ibn ‘Umar beginning with "If anyone makes thecare.”