The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam prayed: ‘O Allah let me not be alive and (O my companions) may you also not be alive at such a time when the Aalim will not be followed …’
Can somebody give me the reference of this hadith?

The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam prayed: ‘O Allah let me not be alive and (O my companions) may you also not be alive at such a time when the Aalim will not be followed …’
Can somebody give me the reference of this hadith?
O Allah! let me not be alive and may you (O Sahabah!) also not be alive at such a time when the Aalim will not be followed, and when no respect will be shown to the wise-learned ones. The people of that time will have hearts like kuffaar and their tongues will be eloquently sweet like the tongue of the Arabs." - Targheeb (al-I'tidaal, Shaikh Muhammad Zakariyya))
I have seen this duaa in munajaat e maqbool too.
As far as the reference, I dont know what in paranthesis mean but here is some discussion on the same subject
http://www.islamicity.com/forum/foru...s.asp?TID=3295
I hope someone else can clarify iA.
To add more on respecting scholars.
The Prophet (sallallahu-alayhi-wasallam) said:
وَمَنْ لَّمْ يُبَجِّلْ عَالِمِيْنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا
“The one who does not honour our ‘ulamâ’ is not of us.”
Ibnul-Qayyim (RA) said:
“Scholars of Islaam and those around whose sayings revolves Fatwa (religious counselling) among people; those who are endowed with the ability to derive rulings from the (the Qur’anic and Hadeeth) texts and whose preoccupation is the regulation of the lawful and unlawful things are to the earth what the stars are to the heaven. It is through them that the confused get guidance and people’s need of them is greater than their need of food and drink. Allaah makes obeying them greater than obeying parents when He says: “O you who believe! Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad), and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority.” (An-Nisaa 4:59). The ‘Ulamaa are the people’s refuge during calamities. Many a blind people have seen through them; many a dead have been given live by them; many a Sunnah have been spread through them and many an innovation have been efaced through them.”
http://www.friendsofdeoband.com/?tag=blessings
Allahu alam

I wish your name to be engraved in my heart
I will be grateful to you change this dead heart
My heart is dark and so my eyes remain dry
Hypocrisy and hubris wont let me cry
So change my heart and forgive my sins this day
Dont leave me drowning here alone and astray
here is last bayan/darse quran of Shaheed Moulana Aslam shekhupuri ra,topic was "musalmano k Zawal se diniya ko kya nuqsan pahuncha? - part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9k71...layer_embedded
If this was his last bayaan and his last dars before he passed, he said, "This is the last point, last word, that the decline of Muslims cannot change until we grab hold of the Quran." He said this is the last point (Grab hold of the Quran meaning not just grab it but read it learn it study it and implement it in life.)
He who knows himself knows his Creator.
here is moulana hanif jalandhari db's article about this topic
http://www.deeneislam.com/ur/horiz/h...e.php?CID=2114
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