ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ اسْتِعْمَالُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ لِعَوَامِّ النَّاسِ دُونَ الْأُمَرَاءِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَأْمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْهُمْ إِنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say, "The example of the one who violates the boundaries of Allah and commands to do so, and prohibits from what He has forbidden, is like a group of people who boarded a ship from the sea ships. Some of them were at the back of the ship, and others were at the top of the ship. When they wanted water while they were at the back of the ship, they would pass by those who were closer to the wall of the ship and further from the water. They would poke holes in the ship's wall to get water. Once they no longer needed the water, they would patch up the holes they had created. The foolish among them would say, 'Why wouldn't we simply break the wall of the ship so that we can easily get water and not bother with patching it up?' Then, one of them took an axe and struck the ship's wall. A man among them, named Rushayd, asked, 'What are you doing?' He replied, 'We are closer to the wall and further from the water. We will break the ship's wall, get the water, and when we no longer need it, we will repair it.' The man said, 'Do not do that, for if you do, we will all be destroyed and perish.'"
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَثَلُ الْمُدَاهِنِ فِي حُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَالْآمِرِ بِهَا وَالنَّاهِي عَنْهَا كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ اسْتَهَمُوا سَفِينَةً مِنْ سُفُنِ الْبَحْرِ فَصَارَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي مُؤَخَّرِ السَّفِينَةِ وَأَبْعَدِهِمْ مِنَ الْمِرْفَقِ وَبَعْضُهُمْ فِي أَعْلَى السَّفِينَةِ فَكَانُوا إِذَا أَرَادُوا الْمَاءَ وَهُمْ فِي آخِرِ السَّفِينَةِ آذَوْا رِحَالَهُمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ مِنَ الْمِرْفَقِ وَأَبْعَدُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ نَخْرِقَ دَفَّةَ السَّفِينَةِ وَنَسْتَقِي فَإِذَا اسْتَغْنَيْنَا عَنْهُ سَدَدْنَاهُ فَقَالَ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنْهُمُ افْعَلُوا قَالَ فَأَخَذَ الْفَأْسَ فَضَرَبَ عَرَضَ السَّفِينَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ رُشَيْدٌ مَا تَصْنَعُ؟ قَالَ نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ مِنَ الْمِرْفَقِ وَأَبْعَدُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ نَكْسِرُ دَفَّ السَّفِينَةِ فَنَسْتَقِي فَإِذَا اسْتَغْنَيْنَا عَنْهُ سَدَدْنَاهُ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا تَهْلِكُ وَنَهْلِكُ»