Who among the Four Imams was foretold by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in one of his noble hadiths?
Al-Tirmidhi, Al-Nasa’i, and Al-Hakim narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The time will come when people will strike the flanks of camels (travel far and wide), but they will find no scholar more knowledgeable than the scholar of Medina." It was said that the scholar of Medina is Malik ibn Anas. And there are narrations, none of which are authentic, regarding the فضائل (virtues) of Imam Al-Shafi’i, among them what was narrated from Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, that the knowledge of the scholar of Quraysh encompasses the layers of the earth. And it has been said that the طرق (chains of transmission) of this indicate its strength and that it has an origin.
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