This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ٢٥٣ - Their Knowledge to All of People?
superior to the one with the human knowledge.
Moreover, the Divine knowledge which is concerned with the spiritual aspect of mankind is definitely more important than the material or secular aspect; that is why it is higher than the human knowledge with respect to human needs, and consequently, religious experts are of higher status compared to materialistic experts.
There are also many Hadith that emphasizes the importance and superiority of experts in Divine knowledge, the fact that asserts the necessity for respecting and honoring these experts.
Anwar: Akhi Hasan, you have just brought up an essential issue argued about these days. Do we actually have to respect whoever dressed like clergymen, taking into consideration that there are people who have no idea about the religion and still put on clergy clothing?
Hasan: It is an apt inquiry, Akhi Anwar. We have to respect whoever behaves respectfully, but those people pretending or claiming to be something they are not do not deserve to be respected even though they are wearing clergy clothing.