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consequently the anxious student had no other choice except to
tour from one place to another to receive knowledge from such
scholars. Examples of such spiritual tourists include Imam Al
Ghazali as well as many other fine teachers. These spiritual
tourists would be found traveling between the great cities of
learning from Medina, Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus and other
capitals of knowledge and thought.
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Therefore it is understood that this form of tourism, that of spiritual
well being and renewal, also means traveling for the sake of
knowledge, so it is an honorable phrase that relates to believers.
In this day and age the words ”tour, tourist or tourism” rarely bear
the same virtue and have become symbols of the miscarriage of
wasting time, having fun and the increase of sin and mistakes are
rampant. Fun and wasting time has become the aim of countries
tour from one place to another to receive knowledge from such
scholars. Examples of such spiritual tourists include Imam Al
Ghazali as well as many other fine teachers. These spiritual
tourists would be found traveling between the great cities of
learning from Medina, Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus and other
capitals of knowledge and thought.
13
Therefore it is understood that this form of tourism, that of spiritual
well being and renewal, also means traveling for the sake of
knowledge, so it is an honorable phrase that relates to believers.
In this day and age the words ”tour, tourist or tourism” rarely bear
the same virtue and have become symbols of the miscarriage of
wasting time, having fun and the increase of sin and mistakes are
rampant. Fun and wasting time has become the aim of countries