While we were sitting around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he mentioned tribulation and said, "When you see people whose covenants have become corrupted, whose trusts have become diminished, and who have become like this," and he interlaced his fingers.I rose and went to him and asked, "What should I do when that happens, may Allah make me your ransom?"He replied, "Stay in your home, hold your tongue, take what you recognize as good, leave what you find objectionable, attend to your own private affairs, and leave aside the affairs of the public."
بينما نحن حول رسول الله ﷺ إذ ذكر الفتنة، فقال: إذا رأيتم 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 بما تعرف، ودع ما تنكر، وعليك بأمر خاصة نفسك، ودع عنك أمر العامة.
Abu Dawud (4343), Ahmad (6987), and Hakim (4/282) all narrated it through Yunus bin Abu Ishaq, from Hilal bin Khabab Abu Ala, who said, Ikrima narrated to me, Abdullah bin Amr bin As narrated to me, and he mentioned it.Its chain is hasan because of Yunus bin Abu Ishaq and Hilal bin Khabab, for both of them make the hadith hasan. Hakim said, "This is a hadith sahih in its chain of transmission."