The prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said that it's from the signs of the hours that knowledge will be taken

The prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam said that it's from the signs of the hours that knowledge will be taken from the young ones(students of knowledge); some people in our days say that we must fallow the major scholars for knowledge and others say that we can take knowledge from the students of the major scholars as well, what is the reality regarding this, is this hadeeth about the young scholars, how can we understand the hadeeth?

Are the students of the major scholars the intended ones in this hadeeth?

......................, the hadeeth of Howthiefah when he asked what will happen after this(the hadeeth) he said there will be fiten, like the pecies of the night's dark. People from our own, talking with our tongue callers at the gates of hell, when they asked him what should we do? he said : You stay with gamah of the muslims and their Imaam, the muslims intended here are those who are upon what the prophet was upon because everyone is claiming islam but the intended muslims are those who are upon what I am upon................... ......they shouldn't disobey him (meaning their Imaam) unless there's apparent signs of kofir and we have a daleelel (a proof) and we have enough power to move up (get rid of him)..............."

From: http://www.troid.org/manhaj/people-of-hizbiyyah/questions-posed-concerning-muhammad-al-jibaalee.html [just the end of it which was not translated]


Translated by: Bassam Hassam Al-Yemene