The Importance Of Civilisational ‘Rihlah’

• Dr Muhammad Husni bin Mohd Amin
• 11/10/2016

“Seek knowledge even in China.” Rihlah, or travel, is an important element in the intellectual tradition of Islam. Through it one sees the vastness of the world created by God and gains much knowledge. As Islam’s luminary Imam al-Shafi‘i says in his Diwan: “The intelligent cultured man would not, in a place, settle; So, leave home and…