Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, to praise the status of knowledge, its teachers and its student. Ibn Majah related that the Prophet said: [O Aba Dharr, if you go and learn one verse of the Qur'an it will be more rewardale for you than praying ome hundred rak^ahs of the optional prayers; and if you go and learn a chapter of the knowledge, it is more rewardable for you than praying one thousand rak^ahs of the optional prayers. ]
Imam ^Aliyy Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph, said: "Knowledge is better than money because knowledge protects you whereas you protect money. Knowledge rules over things whereas money is ruled over. Money diminishes as you spend it, whereas spending the knowledge by teaching it to others increase your reward.
Islamically, the issue of knowledge is held in high regard. This knowledge is not any knowledge per se, but rather, the knowledge of the Religion of Islam