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2680. Abū Ṣāliḥ reported a narration from Abū Hurairah: "It shall soon be that people are beating the livers of camels[1] seeking knowledge. But they will not find anyone more knowledgeable than a scholar of Al-Madinah." (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ, it is a narration of Ibn 'Uyainah. It has been reported that Ibn 'Uyainah said about this when he was asked about the scholar of Al-Madinah, he said that it is Mālik bin Anas.
Ishāq bin Mūsā said: "I heard Ibn 'Uyainah say: 'He is Al-'Umarī, Az-Zāhid.'" His name is 'Abdul-'Azīz bin 'Abdullāh. I heard Yahya bin Mūsā saying: "Abdur-Razzāq said: 'He is Mālik bin Anas.'" [As for Al-'Umarī, his name is 'Abdul-'Azīz bin 'Abdullāh of the children of 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb].[2]
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The city of Al-Madinah was a central and focal point for the knowledge of the Book and the Sunnah during the time of the noble Companions and the
great Successors. Imām Mālik was such a personality in his time that he attracted people from all across the Muslim world.
