O beloved student! A student cannot acquire knowledge nor can he benefit from it until he respects knowledge, the knowledgeable people and his teacher. Someone said: It was said: A person does not become an unbeliever through sins, but rather he becomes an unbeliever when he considers sins as inferior. Respect for teacher O beloved student! Respect for your teacher is in actuality respect for knowledge. Sayidina Ali(Radiyala hu tala) has stated:- On this, I, the author, have written the following stanza: O beloved student! Indeed the one who taught you even one word from the necessities of the Dīn is your religious father. Our teacher Shīrāzī Sadīduddīn Shaykh(Rahmatulahi ala) used to narrate from his Shuyūkh (teachers) that the person who desires that his son should be an Islamic scholar, he should look after and respect the jurists who are financially weak. In order to ensure that their needs are met, he should continuously give something to them. If his son does not become an Ā...