Imam Bukhari Institute , London

The Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said:

طلبُ العلمِ فَريضةٌ على كلِ مُسلم رواه البيهقي

Which means: “Seeking the [obligatory] religious knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.” (Related by al-Bayhaqiyy.
Learning the Religious knowledge is among the best things that one may spend one’s time doing. The safe path that protects a person and his family from Hellfire is by learning the Islamic knowledge, i.e., learning what Allah made obligatory upon us and learning what Allah ordered us to avoid.

Allah, ta^ala, said in the Qur’an:

يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ

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:

مَن يُرد الله بهِ خيراً يفقههُ في الدين رواه البخاري

Which means: “The one for whom Allah willed goodness, Allah guides him to become a knowledgeable person in the Religion.” (Narrated by al-Bukhariyy.)