The Necessity of Knowledge: Why You Must Be a Scholar or a Student

Hawzah News Agency- Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih narrated that his uncle Muhammad ibn Abil Qasim narrated from Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, from his father Muhammad ibn Khalid, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr who linked it up to Imam Sadiq (pbuh) who said:

النَّاسُ اثْنَانِ: عَالِمٌ وَمُتَعَلِّمٌ، وَسَائِرُ النَّاسِ هَمَجٌ، وَالْهَمَجُ فِي النَّارِ.

Mankind is of two types: a scholar and a student. The rest of mankind are Hamaj (rabble), and the Hamaj will be in the Fire.

Al-Khisal,Book 3,Chapter 15