The lifting up of religious knowledge is one of the signs of the coming of the Hour. This Ummah will remain on the right path as long as some of its people embrace the path of knowledge.
The Prophet (SAW) said, “Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which (religious) knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and general ignorance will spread, and there will be Al-Harj in abundance, and Al-Harj means killing.” (Bukhari 7064)
He also said, “Verily, Allah does not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars, so that when He leaves no learned person, people turn to the ignorant as their leaders; then they are asked to deliver religious verdicts and they deliver them without knowledge, they go astray, and lead others astray.” (Muslim 2673 a)
