While we were gathered around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the subject of trials and tribulations came up, or it was mentioned in his presence. He said, "When you see that people's covenants have become tangled, their trusts grown light, and they have become like this," and he interlaced his fingers.I rose and went to him and asked, "How should I act when that happens, may Allah make me your ransom?"He replied, "Stay in your house, hold your tongue, take what you recognize as right, leave what you recognize as wrong, attend to your own affairs, and leave aside the affairs of the general public."
بينما نحن حول رسول الله ﷺ إذ ذكروا الفتنة: أو ذكرت عنده، فقال: إذا رأيت الناس قد مرجت عهودهم، وخفت أماناتهم، وكانوا هكذا وشبك بين أصابعه، قال: فقمت إليه، فقلت: كيف أفعل عند ذلك، جعلني الله فداك؟ قال: الزم بيتك، واملك عليك لسانك، وخذ ما تعرف، ودع ما تنكر، وعليك بأمر خاصة نفسك، ودع عنك أمر العامة.
Reported by Abu Dawud (4343), Ahmad (6987), and Hakim (4/282), all through Yunus bin Abu Ishaq, from Hilal bin Khabab Abu Ala, who said, Ikrima told me, Abdullah bin Amr bin As told me, then he mentioned it.Its chain is hasan because of Yunus bin Abu Ishaq and Hilal bin Khabab, for they are both narrators whose hadith is hasan.