Ibn Rajab's journey with his father to the Hijaz and Jerusalem, c. 755

Ibn Rajab's father travelled with him in his youth to the Hijaz and Jerusalem for the sake of hearing hadith, and he also heard hadith in Egypt; the editor lists Egypt, Nablus, the Hijaz, Jerusalem, Mecca and Medina among his journeys for knowledge. ^{1 2}

His travels began in early childhood, when his father carried him from Baghdad, the town of his birth, to Damascus; from there his quest for knowledge and direct audition from the shaykhs unfolded, until he came to count a great many shaykhs. ²