Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ ذَكَرُوا الْفِتْنَةَ أَوْ ذُكِرَتْ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَخَفَّتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ الْزَمْ بَيْتَكَ وَامْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ وَخُذْ مَا تَعْرِفُ وَدَعْ مَا تُنْكِرُ وَعَلَيْكَ بِأَمْرِ خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِكَ وَدَعْ عَنْكَ أَمْرَ الْعَامَّةِ.
English Translation
Abu Nu'aym told us: Yunus - namely Ibn Abi Ishaq - told us, from Hilal ibn Khabbab Abu al-Ala, who said: Ikrima told me: Abdullah ibn Amr told me, who said: While we were around the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, they mentioned tribulation - or it was mentioned in his presence - and he said: "When you see people whose covenants have become corrupt and whose trusts have become light, and they have become like this" - and he interlaced his fingers. He said: I stood up to him and said, "What should I do at that time, may Allah make me a ransom for you?" He said, "Stay in your house, control your tongue, take what you recognize [as good] and leave what you disapprove of, occupy yourself with your own private affairs, and leave aside the affairs of the general public."