48. 1. Prophet Muhammad (p): One who travels in search of knowledge, God paves his way towards Paradise and the angels spread their wings for him to express their pleasure and appreciation. Verily, all those in heaven and on earth, even the fish in the ocean pray for his redemption. The superiority of the learned person over the (mere) worshipper is like the brilliance of the full moon among the stars during a moonlit night…(B2, C4, T1)

49. 2. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p): If anyone of you imparts some knowledge to someone else, his reward will be equivalent to the reward of the students (to whom he has imparted the Knowledge) and he will earn the respect of the students. Attain knowledge, therefore, from those who are the custodians of knowledge and impart this knowledge to your brothers like the learned scholars have imparted it to you.(B2, C4, T2)

50. 3. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): One who encourages anyone to attain righteousness will be rewarded as if he himself had acted on it.
Elaborating this idea, the Imam (p) said that one, who has been taught by someone, in turn teaches someone else, then he and the original teacher will both be rewarded, and if the teacher dies he will continue to be rewarded for the good deeds of his disciples.(B2, C4, T3)

51. 4. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p): Anyone who teaches a chapter (from the Noble Quran) will get a reward equivalent to that of one who acts according to that guidance and there will be no reduction in the reward of anyone of them…(B2, C4, T4)

52. 5. Imam Zainul Abideen (p): If people knew the worth of acquiring knowledge, they would have done so even at the cost of a bleeding heart and by diving in stormy waves. Verily, God, the Glorious and the Elevated One, revealed to Prophet Daniyal (Daniel) (p): The most detestable of My servants is the ignorant one, who underrates the learned men and ceases to follow their footsteps. The most beloved among my servants is the one who wards off evil by seeking My maximum rewards, remains in contact with the learned men, follows the forbearing and accepts the advice of the sages.(B2, C4, T5)

53. 6. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): He who acquires knowledge and acts on it and imparts it to others is proclaimed in Heavens as the ‘Great One’, and it is said about him that he acquired knowledge in the way of God, acted upon it and disseminated it for the sake of God.(B2, C4, T6)