THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM GUIDANCE AND KNOWLEDGE H 1407 "Concerning the guidance and knowledge with which I have been endowed, it can be compared to rain which falls upon the land. Part of the land is good and fertile; the dry grass turns green and an abundance of fresh new grass is produced. Another part is dry but stores water and with it Allah benefits people, they drink from it and use it for cultivation. Another part is a barren plain that neither retains water, nor yet produces fresh grass. Such are the cases of those who understand the religion sent down by Allah and benefit from that with which Allah has sent to me, studying and teaching it. There are those who do not raise their heads to gain religious knowledge nor do they accept the guidance with which I have been sent." R 1407 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Musa who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
1378- وعن أَبي موسى رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : قَالَ النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "مَثَلُ مَا بَعَثَنِي الله بِهِ مِنَ الهُدَى وَالعِلْمِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أصَابَ أرْضاً ؛ فَكَانَتْ مِنْهَا طَائِفَةٌ طَيِّبةٌ قَبِلَتِ المَاءَ فَأَنْبَتَتِ الكَلأَ ، وَالعُشْبَ الكَثِيرَ ، وَكَانَ مِنْهَا أجَادِبُ أمْسَكَتِ المَاءَ ، فَنَفَعَ اللهُ بِهَا النَّاسَ ، فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهَا وَسَقَوْا وَزَرَعُوا، وَأَصَابَ طَائِفَةً مِنْهَا أُخْرَى إنَّمَا هِيَ قِيعَانٌ ؛ لا تُمْسِكُ مَاءً وَلاَ تُنْبِتُ كلأً ، فَذلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ فَقُهَ في دِينِ اللهِ ، وَنَفَعَهُ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللهُ بِهِ ، فَعَلِمَ وَعَلَّمَ ، وَمَثَلُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِذلِكَ رَأسَاً ، وَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ هُدَى اللهِ الَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ" . متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ .