'Travel in Pursuit of a Hadith: Khatib al-Baghdadi . This is a beautiful treatise by the great scholar, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Thabit ibn Ahmad ibn Mahdi al-Shafi'i, known as al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (the lecturer from Baghdad) (392/1002-463/1071). It is a collection of insightful narrations that emplasize the importance of traveling and putting efforts into seeking knowledge. It is also a historical record of the efforts of prior generations seeking knowledge.