The article wrote by the author is due to the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam and Messenger to mankind. The article mentioned the important of knowledge since the Prophet era until now. The Prophet saying; “Go even to China, to seek knowledge” is still relevant today. The author also shared his opinions of the meaning of the word “China” in the saying. He also said that this saying is not only for Muslims but also to everyone else.
Besides that, he also wrote a bit the history at the Prophet time; the miracle of Quran, the various methods of educational used by Prophet Muhammad to reach out his followers, Prophet’s sunnah, the reason he is the exemplar of Islam and a lot more. Living by his example, is obligatory for every Muslims, said the author.

For me, it is a good idea for the author wrote this article. Besides celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, in a way, he made the readers realized the important of knowledge nowadays using the example of Prophet Muhammad and the history of the Prophet’s time. He’s not only shared his opinion in this article but he also proved that knowledge is important in everyone’s life. His saying; “Go even to China, to seek knowledge” is still relevant in this era of globalisation and the drive towards a knowledge-based economy. From this article, we can see that the author is very admires the Prophet Muhammad. By the way he is describing Prophet, we can know that Prophet is very an important person at that time. He is wise and trusted as he is the exemplar of Islam, either in ethics or law. The various methods of educational used by Prophet showed that he is wise and creative to explain and answer any question of his followers. I agree with his opinion; Prophet Muhammad is the most chronicled personality in history. We can proved that not only from the stories back then but we can get the evidence today, in front of us; all he had said and his deeds are recorded and reported in the Quran. All of them had been compiled and that’s what we called as sunnah. The Quran and sunnah should be in the high position of our life as both of them are the source of law and ethics. To suit this article, the author chose the Prophet’s saying; “Go even to China, to seek knowledge”. We can see that this word has attracted him and wrote this article. The saying is relevant and apt today caused it shows that knowledge is important and to gain that, it’s not easy, it is not only at one place and one has gone through many obstacles besides referring to the primary source of us; Quran. Therefore, patience is essential for everyone in gaining knowledge.

Only through knowledge can one understand the nature of creation and the purpose of life an earth. That’s why Prophet asked his people go even to China, means the farthest place from yours to unravel the mysteries of creation. For that, I’m agree with the author that the word “China” in the Prophet’s saying in the present circumstances should be taken to mean any place which may be inaccessible, but has to be reached out to in the pursuit of knowledge – it could be the interior of the earth, the depths of the oceans, and all aspects of the micro and macro cosmos. Therefore, this saying of Prophet should be concerned by Muslim as well as the others because Islam preaches an inclusive approach to humanity and accepts cultural diversity.