Allah, ta^ala, said in the Qur’an:

يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ 

Yarfa^illahu-lladhina amanu minkum walladhina utul-^ilma darajat.

Ayah 11 of Suratul-Mujadalah means: {Allah raises to higher ranks the believers and those of (Islamic) knowledge.}

 The Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said:

مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْراً يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ

 May yuridillahu bihi kayray-yufaqqihhu fid-din.