Hadith No. 1
The earth is never devoid of a scholar.
رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ [ت274ه] فِي «الْمَحَاسِنِ»[1]، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْحَلَبِيِّ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ الْحُرِّ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ -يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرَ- عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ:
مَا كَانَتِ الْأَرْضُ إِلَّا وَفِيهَا عَالِمٌ.
Translation:
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khālid [Died in 274 AH] has narrated in the book of “Al-Mahāsin”, from his father, from Nadr ibn Suwayd, from Yahyā ibn Imrān al-Halabi, from Ayyub ibn al-Hurr, from Sulaymān ibn Khālid, from Abu Ja’far — meaning Muhammad ibn Ali al-Bāqir — peace be upon him that said:
The earth has (never) existed, unless there has been a knowledgeable one therein.