Prophet Muhammad Quotes on Wisdom & Knowledge (14 Quotes)

If envy were proper, two persons would be the most proper objects of it one, a man to whom god hath given riches, and apointed to bestow in charity the other, to whom God hath granted the knowledge of religion, and acteth thereon himself, instructing others.

That person who shall die while he is studying, in order to revive the knowledge of religion, will be only one degree inferior to the prophets.

He who leaveth home in search of knowledge, walketh in the path of God.

If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.

Men differ like mines of gold and silver the good in ignorance are the good in Islam, once they have obtained the knowledge of religion.

Acquire knowledge. It enableth its posessor to distinguish right from wrong it lighteth the way to Heave it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless it guideth us to happiness it sustaineth us in misery it is an ornament among friends, and an armour against enemies.

It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad and it is better to sit with the good than alone. And it is better to speak words to a speaker of knowledge than to remain silent and silence is better than bad words.

Some poetry is dressed in knowledge and art.

Verily god doth not taketh away knowledge from the hands of His servants but taketh it by taking away the learned so that when no learned men remain, the ignorant will be placed at the head of affairs. Causes will be submitted to their decision, they will pass sentence without knowledge, will err themselves, and lead others into error.

The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.

The acquisition of knowledge is a duty incumbent on every Muslim, male and female.

Go in quest of knowledge even unto China.

God hath not created anything better than Reason, or anything more perfect, or more beautiful than Reason the benefits which God giveth are on its account and understanding is by it, and God's wrath is caused by disregard of it.

Verily, a man hath performed prayers, fasts, charity, pilgrimage and all other good works but he will not be rewarded except by the proportion of his understanding.