Re: Why We Say That?
If you’re talking about the Arabs going for studies abroad at the time of Prophet, you would consider the importance of education in then Arab society. Even the children of the noble families like Bani Hashim were illiterate. There was no concept of formal education. Islam didn’t come just as a religion containing certain rituals, it brought a revolution in Arab life by pointing importance of education. We all know this famous hadees, where it is said that ‘Seeking knowledge / education is the duty of all Muslim men and women’.