Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَكْحُولٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى نَدَعُ الِائْتِمَارَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيَ عَنْ الْمُنْكَرِ قَالَ إِذَا ظَهَرَ فِيكُمْ مَا ظَهَرَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِذَا كَانَتْ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي كِبَارِكُمْ وَالْمُلْكُ فِي صِغَارِكُمْ وَالْعِلْمُ فِي رُذَالِكُمْ.
English Translation
Zayd ibn Yahya al-Dimashqi narrated to us: Abu Mu'ayd narrated to us: Makhul narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, when should we abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil?" He said: "When there appears among you what appeared among the Children of Israel — when immorality is found among your great ones, when authority is held by your young ones, and when knowledge is found among your base ones."