وَعَن أبي هُرَيْرَة رِوَايَةً
«يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ النَّاسُ أَكْبَادَ الْإِبِلِ يَطْلُبُونَ الْعِلْمَ فَلَا يَجِدُونَ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْ عَالم الْمَدِينَة»
Abu Hurayrah transmitted, “The time is approaching when men will urge on their camels in search of knowledge, but will find no one more learned than the learned man of Medina.” Tirmidhi transmitted it. and in his Jami he quotes Ibn Uyaina as saying that Malik ibn Anas was meant, and the same view is expressed by Abd ar-Razzaq. Ishab ibn Musa said he heard Ibn Uyaina say that he was al-Umari the ascetic, whose name was Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah.
Mishkat al-Masabih 231, Book 3, Knowledge, Hadith 42. 1 min read