He travelled to gain Islamic knowledge

Sayyiduna Daata Ganj Bakhsh ‘Ali Hajwayri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه travelled a number of countries for the sole purpose of receiving blessings from Islamic scholars  and Mashaaikh to satisfy his thirst for Islamic knowledge. For this purpose, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه visited 300 Mashaaikh Kiraam of Khurasan and gained great Islamic knowledge and pearls of wisdom from them. (Kashf-ul-Mahjoob, pp. 181)

Dear Islamic brothers! Sayyiduna Daata ‘Ali Hajwayri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه did not visit 300 Islamic scholars of Khurasan only, for any worldly purpose, but he visited them for gaining Islamic knowledge. This is the number of the Islamic scholars of only one city. Surely, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه must have visited many Islamic scholars of many cities and countries. When we hear about the extremely hard work and thirst for gaining Islamic knowledge of Daata ‘Ali Hajwayri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, it reminds us of our pious predecessors as Data ‘Ali Hajwayri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه also had the thirst for gaining Islamic knowledge and love for study like pious predecessors. Our pious saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی would remain busy gaining Islamic knowledge day and night. They used to study with great devotion and hard work. They used to sacrifice their desires for the sake of gaining Islamic knowledge. For our persuasion, let’s listen to 2 parables about thirst for Islamic knowledge of pious saints:

Thirst for Islamic knowledge of Imam Muslim

Once, in the Majlis [i.e. gathering] of [propagating] Islamic knowledge, the author of a famous book of Hadees, ‘Sahih Muslim’, Sayyiduna Imam Muslim Bin Hajjaj Qushayri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was asked about a Hadees. So he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه went to his home and started searching for the Hadees. A basket of dates was presented to him. While searching the Hadees, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه continued eating the dates one after another. When the Hadees was found, he had eaten up all the dates. Due to eating so many dates, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه passed away. (Tahzeeb-ut-Tahzeeb, vol. 8, pp. 150, Raqm 6894)

Thirst for Islamic knowledge of Sayyiduna Dahhaak

The title of Sayyiduna Dahhaak Basri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is ‘Nabeel’. This title was given because one day he was present (to gain Islamic knowledge) in the