Authentic Hadith
Sunan Ibn Majah · 224Sahih

Knowledge

Narrated by Anas ibn Malik

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طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

English

Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.

Scholarly note

The jurists qualify it: what is individually obligatory is the knowledge one's own worship and dealings depend upon.

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Sunan Ibn Majah