{"id":6464,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/seek-knowledge-even-if-you-have-to-go-to-china\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:21:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:21:07","slug":"seek-knowledge-even-if-you-have-to-go-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/seek-knowledge-even-if-you-have-to-go-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Seek Knowledge Even If You Have To Go To China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/h3>\n

I wanted to ask is the following oft-cited narrative, ascribed to the Prophet (pbuh) is authentic? \u201cSeek knowledge even (if you have to go to) China.\u201d Some scholars maintain that it is not a Hadith. Does any reliable book of hadith quote it?<\/p>\n

Answer<\/h3>\n

This narrative does not appear in any reliable Hadith collection and finds mention only in some of the less authoritative works. Different scholars have recorded it from a very weak and unreliable chain of narrators. The Sanad (chain of narrators) and Matn (text) of the H\u0323ad\u012bth, as quoted in Allamah Ibn Abdul Barr\u2019s Jami\u2018 Bayaan al \u2018ilm, follows:<\/p>\n

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Ahmed narrates from Muslamah who narrates from Ya\u2018qub b. Ibrahim al Asqalani who narrates form Yusaf b. Muhammad al Faryaabi who narrates from Sufyaan b. \u2018Uyayna who narrates form Al-Zuhri who narrates from Anas b. Malik that the Prophet (pbuh) said: Seek knowledge even [you have to go to] China, for seeking knowledge is a duty binding on every Muslim.<\/p>\n

According to the authorities, the narrative is a fabrication. Ibn al Jawzi in his work al-Mawzu\u2018at, \u2018Allamah Dhabi, in his work Tarteeb-al-Mawzu\u2018at and Allamah Nasir Uddin Albaani in his Silsilah Ahadith Zaheefah commented that the narrative is a fabrication and has no basis in the sources.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> al-Mazoo\u2018aat <\/em>vol. 1, page 215, Tarteeb-al-Mawzoo\u2018aat <\/em>page 111 and Silsilah Ahadith Mawzoo\u2018ah <\/em>narrative no: 906.<\/div>\n

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Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-30<\/p>\n