“How will you be at a time that will soon come, when the good people will pass away and only the worst ones will be left, who will break their promises and betray their trusts, and they will differ while they were previously together like this,” – and he interlaced his fingers. They said: “What should we do, O Messenger of Allah, when that comes to pass?” He said: “Follow that which you know is true, and leave that which you dislike. Take care of your own affairs and turn away from the common folk.”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَيْفَ بِكُمْ وَبِزَمَانٍ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ يُغَرْبَلُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ غَرْبَلَةً وَتَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ فَاخْتَلَفُوا وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالُوا كَيْفَ بِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ تَأْخُذُونَ بِمَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَدَعُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى خَاصَّتِكُمْ وَتَذَرُونَ أَمْرَ عَوَامِّكُمْ  

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , that he said: A time will come upon people where they will go through a period of tribulation, in which only the refuse of them will remain. Their promises and trusts will be violated, and they will differ among themselves. They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the way out from this?" He said, "You shall hold onto what you know and renounce what you deny. You shall concern yourselves with your own affairs and leave the affairs of the public."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌيُغَرْبَلُونَ فِيهِ غَرْبَلَةً يَبْقَى مِنْهُمْ حُثَالَةٌ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فَكَانُوا هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا الْمَخْرَجُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ تَأْخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَدَعُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى أَمْرِ خَاصَّتِكُمْ وَتَدَعُونَ أَمْرَ عَامَّتِكُمْ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people will soon be sifted like barley, and only the refuse will remain from among the people, as their covenants and trusts have been violated. They will say, 'So how should we act, O Messenger of Allah, in such a situation?' He replied, 'You should hold on to what you know and reject what you deny, and you should act according to your own circumstances and call upon your own people.' Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated this with a chain of transmission whose meaning is the same, except that he said, 'And only the refuse will remain from among the people, and you will call upon the affairs of your people.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يُغَرْبَلَ النَّاسُ غَرْبَلَةً وَتَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْوَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالُوا فَكَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ تَأْخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَذَرُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى خَاصَّتِكُمْ وَتَدَعُونَ عَامَّتَكُمْ حَدَّثَنَاهُ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَتَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَتَدَعُونَ أَمْرَ عَامَّتِكُمْ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The time will come when people will be sifted and only the refuse of people will remain; their covenants and trusts will be broken, and they will differ and be like this." And he interlaced his fingers. They said, "So, how should we act, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "You should take what you know and leave what you deny, and you should adhere to your own affairs and leave the general matters." Sa'id bin Mansur said, "The refuse of people is their despicability, and the meaning of his statement 'their covenants will be broken' is that they will not fulfill them."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ زَمَانٌ يُغَرْبَلُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ غَرْبَلَةً وَيَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَاخْتَلَفُوا وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالُوا فَكَيْفَ تَأْمُرُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «تَأْخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَدَعُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى أَمْرِ خَاصَّتِكُمْ وَتَدَعُونَ أَمْرَ عَامَّتِكُمْ» قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حُثَالَةُ النَّاسِ رَدَاءَتَهُمْ وَمَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ إِذْ لَمْ يَفُوا بِهَا  

The Prophet ﷺ said: How will you do when that time will come? Or he said: A time will soon come when the people are sifted and only dregs of mankind survive and their covenants and guarantees have been impaired and they have disagreed among themselves and become thus, interwining his fingers. They asked: What do you order us to do, Messenger of Allah? He replied: Accept what you approve, abandon what you disapprove, attend to your own affairs and leave alone the affairs of the generality. Abu dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by 'Abd Allah bin 'Amr from the Prophet ﷺ through different chain. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4342)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ زَمَانٌ يُغَرْبَلُ النَّاسُ غَرْبَلَةً وَيَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فَكَانُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالُوا فَكَيْفَ بِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «تَأْخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَذَرُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى أَمْرِ خَاصَّتِكُمْ وَتَدَعُونَ أَمْرَ عَامَّتِكُمْ»  

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "How will you be in a time or a time will come when people will be sifted and the dregs of people will remain, as if their covenants and trusts have melted away and they have disagreed and become like this." And he interlaced his fingers. They said, "What will be our condition, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "You will take what you know and leave what you reject, and you will attend to your specific matters and disregard the general affairs."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «كَيْفَ بِكُمْ فِي زَمَانٍ أَوْ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ زَمَانٌ يُغَرْبَلُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ غَرْبَلَةً وَتَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَاخْتَلَفُوا وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَقَالُوا كَيْفَ بِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «تَأْخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَذَرُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى أَمْرِ خَاصَّتِكُمْ وَتَدَعُونَ أَمْرَ عَامَّتِكُمْ»  

[Machine] He informed him that the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "How will it be for you when a time comes where people are sifted like sifters, and you will remain in the rubbish of people, their covenants have been violated, and they have abandoned their trusts and returned like this?" And he put his fingers together and said, "What should we do, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "You should take what you know and reject what you deny, and rely on your distinguished ones and leave your common people."  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «كَيْفَ بِكُمْ إِذَا جَاءَ زَمَانٌ يُغَرْبَلُ فِيهِ النَّاسُ غَرْبَلَةً وَبَقِيتُمْ فِي حُثَالَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَضَيَّعُوا أَمَانَاتِهِمْ فَعَادُوا هَكَذَا» وَأَدْخَلَ أَصَابِعَهُ بَعْضَهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ فَقَالُوا كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «تَأْخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَتَدَعُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِخَوَاصِّكُمْ وَدَعُوا عَوَامَّكُمْ»  

"يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأتِى زَمَانٌ يُغَرْبَلُ فِيهِ النَّاسُ غَرْبَلَةً، وَتَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فَكَانُوا هَكَذَا -وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ- قَالُوا: كَيْفَ بِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّه؟ قَالَ: تَأخُذُونَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ، وَتَدَعُونَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ، وَتُقْبِلُونَ عَلَى أمْرِ خَاصَّتِكُمْ، وَتَذَرُونَ أمْرَ عَامَّتِكُمْ".  

"كَيفَ بِكُم بِزَمَانٍ يُوشِكُ أنْ يَأتِيَ، يُغَربلُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ غَرْبَلَةً، وَيَبْقَى حُثَالةٌ منَ الناسِ قَد مَرَجَت عُهُودُهُمْ وأمَانَاتهُمْ واخْتَلَفُوا وكَانوا هَكَذا؟ وَشَبَّكَ بَينَ أصَابعه، قالوا: كيفَ بِنَا يَا رسولَ الله إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَال: تَأخْذُونَ بِمَا تَغرفْون، وَتدَعُونَ مَا تُنكرُونَ وَتُقبِلُونَ عَلَى أمرِ خَاصَّتِكُمْ، وَتَذَرُونَ أمر عَامَّتِكُمْ".