Forty Gems of Beauty — Page 157
٣٩ * c! 39—Seeking Knowledge is a Duty of Every Muslim Narrated by Hadrat Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet of Allah (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “It is the duty of every Muslim to seek knowledge. ” (Sunan Ibn M a a a a jah, The Book of Sunnah, Chapter: The virtue of scholars and the urge to seek knowledge) Explanatory Notes Since Islam is based on the certain knowledge revealed by God in the shape of the Final Law and advances its views with the supporting force of argument, it therefore very rightly lays extreme stress on the acquisition of knowledge. This is one of the many A ha d i th by means of which the Holy Prophet (May peace and blessings of Allah be on him) has enjoined on Muslims, both men and women, to acquire