Abd Allah b. Shawdhab, Abu `Abd al-Rahman al-Balkhi al-Khurasani (d. 157 AH/774 CE) said, "Verily, it is from the happiness of a youth or a foreigner thatAllah guides them to a scholar from Ahl as-Sunnah."al-Laalikaa'ee in Sharh Usoolul - I'tiqaad (no.30)