حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُکَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ أَبِي الْعَلَائِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِکْرِمَةُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ ذَکَرَ الْفِتْنَةَ فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ النَّاسَ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَخَفَّتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَکَانُوا هَکَذَا وَشَبَّکَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ کَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ عِنْدَ ذَلِکَ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاکَ قَالَ الْزَمْ بَيْتَکَ وَامْلِکْ عَلَيْکَ لِسَانَکَ وَخُذْ بِمَا تَعْرِفُ وَدَعْ مَا تُنْکِرُ وَعَلَيْکَ بِأَمْرِ خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِکَ وَدَعْ عَنْکَ أَمْرَ الْعَامَّةِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4343
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: When we were around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he mentioned the period of commotion (fitnah) saying: When you see the people that their covenants have been impaired, (the fulfilling of) the guarantees becomes rare, and they become thus (interwining his fingers). I then got up and said: What should I do at that time, may Allah make me ransom for you? He replied: Keep to your house, control your tongue, accept what you approve, abandon what you disapprove, attend to your own affairs, and leave alone the affairs of the generality.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020