ذِكْرُ تَمْثِيلِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ الرَّاكِبَ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ وَالْمُدَاهِنَ فِيهَا مَعَ الْقَائِمِ بِالْحَقِّ بِأَصْحَابِ مَرْكَبٍ، رَكِبُوا لَجَّ الْبَحْرِ
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying, "The one who flatters is in the limits set by Allah, as well as the one who rides in it and the one who commands and prohibits in it. They are like a group of people who were in a ship in the sea. One of them stood at the back of the ship and moved it away from the side. They were foolish, and when they approached people from another group, they harmed them and said, 'We are closer to the side of the ship and farther from the water. Let us break a hole in the ship and then repair it when we no longer need it.' Then, the one among them who was the wisest said, 'What are you doing?' He replied, 'We are closer to the side of the ship and farther from it, so we will break a hole in the ship and repair it when we no longer need it.' The wise one said, 'Do not do that! If you do, both you and we will be destroyed.'"
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْمُدَاهِنُ فِي حُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَالرَّاكِبُ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ وَالْآمِرُ بِهَا وَالنَّاهِي عَنْهَا كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ اسْتَهَمُوا فِي سَفِينَةٍ مِنْ سُفُنِ الْبَحْرِ فَأَصَابَ أَحَدُهُمْ مُؤَخَّرَ السَّفِينَةِ وَأَبْعَدَهَا مِنَ الْمِرْفَقِ وَكَانُوا سُفَهَاءَ وَكَانُوا إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَى رِجَالِ الْقَوْمِ آذَوْهُمْ فَقَالُوا نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ أَهْلِ السَّفِينَةِ مِنَ الْمِرْفَقِ وَأَبْعَدُهُمْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَتَعَالَوْا نَخْرِقْ دَفَّ السَّفِينَةِ ثُمَّ نَرُدَّهُ إِذَا اسْتَغْنَيْنَا عَنْهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ مِنَ السُّفَهَاءِ افْعَلْ فَأَهْوَى إِلَى فَأْسٍ لِيَضْرِبَ بِهَا أَرْضَ السَّفِينَةِ فَأَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ رُشَيْدٌ فَقَالَ مَا تَصْنَعُ؟ فَقَالَ نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُكُمْ مِنَ الْمِرْفَقِ وَأَبْعَدُكُمْ مِنْهُ أَخْرِقُ دَفَّ السَّفِينَةِ فَإِذَا اسْتَغْنَيْنَا عَنْهُ سَدَدْنَاهُ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ تَهْلِكُ وَنَهْلِكُ»