Abu Musa al-Ash’ari narrated that the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و آله و صحبه و سلم said:
“People will go out from East and West in search of knowledge, and they shall find no one more knowledgeable than the knowledgeable scholar of Madinah.”
{Related by Imam al-Hakim}
Abu Hurayrah who narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله و صحبه و سلم said:
“Very soon will people beat the flanks of camels in search of knowledge, and they shall find no one more knowledgeable than the knowledgeable scholar of Madinah.”
{Sunan at-Tirmidhi}