Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو لَوْ بَقِيتَ فِي حُثَالَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ؟ » قَالَ وَذَاكَ مَا هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «ذَاكَ إِذَا مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَصَارُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ بِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «تَعْمَلُ بِمَا تَعْرِفُ وَتَدَعُ مَا تُنْكِرُ وَتَعْمَلُ بِخَاصَّةِ نَفْسِكِ وَتَدَعُ عَوَامَّ النَّاسِ»
English Translation
Al-Hasan ibn Sufyan informed us, Umayyah ibn Bistam narrated to us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Rawh ibn al-Qasim narrated to us from al-Ala' from his father from Abu Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "How will you be, O Abdullah ibn Amr, if you remain among the dregs of people?" He said: And what are they, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "That is when their covenants and trusts become confused and they become like this" - and he interlaced his fingers. He said: Then what should I do, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "Do what you know to be right, leave what you know to be wrong, occupy yourself with your own affairs, and leave the affairs of the common people."