Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you hear a man saying, 'People are destroyed,' then he has destroyed them."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ

The Prophet ﷺ said: When you hear....(Musa's version has): When a man says people have perished, he is the one who has suffered that fate most. Abu Dawud said: Malik said: If he says that out of sadness for the decadence of religion which he sees among the people, I do not think there is any harm in that. If he says that out of self-conceit and servility of the people, it is an abominable act which has been prohibited.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ وَقَالَ مُوسَى إِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you hear a person saying that people have been destroyed, he is the one who has destroyed them. He says that he is the destroyer."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ قَدْ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ هَالِكٌ

[AI] The messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When you hear a man saying "the people are ruined," he is the one who ruined them.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you hear a man saying 'the people are ruined', he is the most ruined among them."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ

Malik related to me from Suhayl ibn Abu Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you hear a man say, 'The people are ruined,' he himself is the most ruined of them all."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ

[AI] The translation of "أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ»" in English is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If you hear a man saying 'people are ruined', he is the one who has ruined them.'"

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ»

"إِذَا قال: الرجلُ هلكَ الناسُ فهُوَ أهْلكُهُمْ" .