The wording of the hadith: Whoever takes a path in search of knowledge
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Question:
Also, Honorable Shaykh, he says: There is a hadith, and it has affected me: “Whoever takes a path seeking the Face of Allah, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.”
Answer:
That is not the wording of the hadith. The wording of the hadith isSahih Muslim 2699a. It contains an encouragement to seek knowledge and to travel to the scholars wherever they are found, in order to learn from them. Yes.
Also, Honorable Shaykh, he says: There is a hadith, and it has affected me: “Whoever takes a path seeking the Face of Allah, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.”
Answer:
That is not the wording of the hadith. The wording of the hadith is
he who treads the path in search of knowledge, Allah would make that path easy, leading to Paradise for him
من سلك طريقا يلتمس به علما سهل الله له به طريقا إلى الجنة
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7477 — youtube.com (10:15)
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