Travel in order to acquire knowledge

Sayyiduna Imam Bukhari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه stayed in Hijaz-e-Muqaddas (i.e. that part of ‘Arab Shareef that consists of Makkah-e-Mukarramah, Madina-e-Munawwarah and Taif) for six years and acquired immense knowledge of Deen. In order to acquire the knowledge of Deen, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه embarked upon many journeys. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه travelled twice to Syria, Egypt and Jazeera, four times to Basra and many times to Kufa and Baghdad (cities in Iraq). (Siyar A’laam-un-Nubala, vol. 10, pp. 285)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The blessings that Allah Almighty blesses His bondmen with, “the ability of memorising” is also one of them. Through this blessing, a person is enabled to save the information of the entire world in the memory of his mind easily and takes full benefit from it. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ Sayyiduna Imam Bukhari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is also among those fortunate individuals who were blessed by Allah Almighty with the blessing of (good) memory. Through this tremendous blessing that he attained from the court of Allah Almighty and his unmatchable intellect, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had memorised thousands of Ahadees by heart. Let’s listen to some heartening glimpses of Sayyiduna Imam Bukhari’s رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه ability of memorising things.

Mentioned one thousand Ahadees by heart

Once, Sayyiduna Imam Bukhari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه went to (the famous city of Khurasan) Balkh. People requested him to relay some Ahadees to them. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه relayed to them one thousand Ahadees by heart. (Siyar A’laam-un-Nubala, vol. 10, pp. 289)

15,000 Ahadees in 16 days

Sayyiduna Muhammad Bin Abi Haatim and Sayyiduna Hashid Bin Isma’eel       رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہ عَلَیْہِما state: