Hawzah News Agency – The merciful prophet of Islam, peace be upon him and his household says:

العُلَماءُ مَصابیحُ الأرضِ وخُلَفاءُ الأنبیاءِ و وَرَثَتی ووَرَثَةُ الأنبِیاءِ

Scientists are the lights of the earth, the successors of the prophets, my heirs and the heirs of the prophets .

Nahj al-Fasaha- hadith 2014