Home / Books / Mīzān al-Ḥikma / Volume 1 / The Superiority of Knowledge to Acts of Worship / Hadith 2188 hadith 2188 ۞ The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘By the One Who holds Muhammad s soul in His Grasp! Verily one knowledgeable man is more difficult for Satan to bear than seventy worshippers, for the worshipper serves himself whilst the knowledgeable man serves others. رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): وَالّذي نَفسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدهِ ! لَعالِمٌ واحِدٌ أشَدُّ عَلى إبليسَ مِن ألفِ عابِدٍ ؛ لأِنَّ العابِدَ لِنَفسِهِ والعالِمَ لِغَيرِهِ. Similar narrations Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2137 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘One jurist is more powerful over Satan than one thousand worshippers. All narrations in The Superiority of Knowledge to Acts of Worship Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 2188 ۞ The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘By the One Who holds Muhammad s soul in His Grasp! Verily one knowledgeable man is more difficult for Satan to bear than seventy worshippers, for the worshipper serves himself whilst the knowledgeable man serves others. رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): وَالّذي نَفسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدهِ ! لَعالِمٌ واحِدٌ أشَدُّ عَلى إبليسَ مِن ألفِ عابِدٍ ؛ لأِنَّ العابِدَ لِنَفسِهِ والعالِمَ لِغَيرِهِ.