When we were around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he mentioned the period of commotion (fitnah) saying: When you see the people that their covenants have been impaired, (the fulfilling of) the guarantees becomes rare, and they become thus (interwining his fingers). I then got up and said: What should I do at that time, may Allah make me ransom for you? He replied: Keep to your house, control your tongue, accept what you approve, abandon what you disapprove, attend to your own affairs, and leave alone the affairs of the generality. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4343)
كُنَّا نَحْنُ حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جُلُوسًا إِذْ ذَكَرَ الْفِتْنَةَ أَوْ ذُكِرَتْ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَخَفَّتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَنَامِلِهِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ؟ قَالَ «الْزَمْ بَيْتَكَ وَامْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ وَخُذْ مَا تَعْرِفُ وَدَعْ مَا تُنْكِرُ وَعَلَيْكَ بِخَاصَّةِ أَمْرِ نَفْسِكَ وَدَعْ عَنْكَ أَمْرَ الْعَامَّةِ»