مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابةMusnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد اَبِی هرَیرَةَ رَضِیَ اللَّه عَنهMusnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 7980
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَضْرِبُوا وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً : أَنْ يَضْرِبَ النَّاسُ أَكْبَادَ الْإِبِلِ ، يَطْلُبُونَ الْعِلْمَ ، لَا يَجِدُونَ عَالِمًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْ عَالِمِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ " . وَقَالَ قَوْمٌ : هُوَ الْعُمَرِيُّ ، قَالَ : فَقَدَّمُوا مَالِكًا .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The time is near when people will set out on journeys from distant places in search of knowledge, and at that time they will not find any scholar greater than the scholar of Madinah." The narrator says that this is exactly what happened, and people came to the service of Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him).
