حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ أَبِي حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ کَيْفَ بِکُمْ وَبِزَمَانٍ أَوْ يُوشِکُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ زَمَانٌ يُغَرْبَلُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ غَرْبَلَةً تَبْقَی حُثَالَةٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فَکَانُوا هَکَذَا وَشَبَّکَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَقَالُوا وَکَيْفَ بِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ تَأْخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَذَرُونَ مَا تُنْکِرُونَ وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَی أَمْرِ خَاصَّتِکُمْ وَتَذَرُونَ أَمْرَ عَامَّتِکُمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4342
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: How will you do when that time will come? Or he said: A time will soon come when the people are sifted and only dregs of mankind survive and their covenants and guarantees have been impaired and they have disagreed among themselves and become thus, interwining his fingers. They asked: What do you order us to do, Messenger of Allah? He replied: Accept what you approve, abandon what you disapprove, attend to your own affairs and leave alone the affairs of the generality. Abu dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abdullah bin Amr from the Prophet ﷺ through different chain.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020