Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on the necessity to seek knowledge and the recommendations to learn َّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِي٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ الْفَارِسِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) طَلَبُ الْعِلْ٠ِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ ٠ٍ أَلا إِنَّ الله يُحِبُّ بُغَاةَ الْعِلْ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub has narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim from his father from al-Hassan ibn Abu al-Hussein al-Farisi from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd from his father from Abu ‘Abdillah (as) that Rasulullah (sw) said, "Seeking knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim. Let it be known that Allah loves those who seek knowledge." يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/98))