110curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

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Seeking knowledge is an obligation

Friday, June 30, 2023

طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

Transliteration

Talabu-l-'ilmi faridatun 'ala kulli muslim.

Translation

Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.

Narrated by Anas ibn Malik·Sunan Ibn Majah 224 (sahih)

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