Travelling in the Pursuit of KnowledgeBefore you is the English translation of the classical treatise al Rihla fi Talab al Hadeeth by the great scholar of the Shafii school of jurisprudence and the imam of his time, Khateeb al Baghdadi. His complete biography from Imam al Dhahabis voluminous work Siyaar Alaam al Nubala has also been translated and added herein. This treatise is essentially a gathering of powerful and insightful narrations (of the Companions, pious predecessors, and the