AS SALAAM ALEAKUM WARAHMOTULAHI WABARAKAATUHU BROTHERS AND SISTERS Obligation of Seeking Knowledge. Islam commands every Muslim, male or female, to seek knowledge especially the basics of the deen and anything else that is necessary for life. However, we must be weary of seeking knowledge for knowledge’s sake. Allah (SWT) called the ‘books on donkeys’ as they used to study their religious scriptures but not act on them. We find in the Qur’an, whenever Allah (SWT) mentions Ima