Sa'id bin Abd al-Aziz narrates that the scholars after Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) included Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda', Sayyiduna Salman and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with them); then the scholar after them was Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him); then after Zayd came Sayyiduna Ibn Umar and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الزاي / 4730