Question:
Asalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa barakatu
What is the text and authenticity of the hadith about Imam Malik?
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
The Prophet (s) 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 Madina” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, hasan sahih). Al-Tirmidhi, al-Qadi `Iyad, Dhahabi and others relate from Sufyan ibn `Uyayna, `Abd al-Razzaq, Ibn Mahdi, Ibn Ma`in, Dhu’ayb ibn `Imama, Ibn al-Madini, and others that they considered that scholar to be Malik ibn Anas.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
