“Abu Bakr stood upand praised and glorified Allah, then he said: ‘O people, yourecite this Verse – “O you who believe! Take care of your ownselves. If you follow the (right) guidance no hurt can come to youfrom those who are in error.”[5:105] – but I heard the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If people see some evil but do not change it,soon Allah will send His punishment upon them all.’”(One of the narrators) Abu Usamah repeated: "Indeed I heard that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say."

“When the Children of Isral became deficient in religiouscommitment, a man would see his brother committing sin and would tellhim not to do it, but the next day, what he had seen him do did notprevent him from eating or drinking with him, or mixing with him. SoAllah made the hearts of those who did not commit sin like the heartsof those who did, and He revealed Qur’an concerning them and said:“Those among the Children of Israel who disbelieved were cursed bythe tongue of David and ‘Eisa, son of Maryam” until he reached:“And had they believed in Allah, and in the Prophet and in what hasbeen revealed to him, never would they have taken them (thedisbelievers) as their friends; but many of them are disobedient (toAllah).”[5:78-81]The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat up and said: "No, not until they take the hand of the wrongdoer (i.e. restrain him] and force him to follow the right way."

“Indeed, fear of people should not prevent a man from speakingthe truth, if he knows it.”Then Abu Sa'eed wept and said: "By Allah, we have seen things that made us scared (and we did not speak up)."

“No one of you should belittle himself.” They said: “OMessengerof Allah, how could anyone of us belittle himself?” Hesaid: “If hesees something concerning which he should speak outfor the sake ofAllah but does not say anything. Allah will say tohim on the Day ofResurrection: “What prevented you from speakingconcerning such andsuch?” He will say: “Fear of the people.”(Allah) will say: “Ratheryou should have feared Me.”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘There is no people amongwhom sins arecommitted when they are stronger and of a higher status(i.e. theyhave the power and ability to stop the sinners) and theydo not changethem, but Allah will send His punishment upon themall.’”

“When the emigrants who hadcrossedthe sea came back to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he said:‘Why don’tyou tell me of the strange things that you saw in theland ofAbyssinia?’ Some young men among them said: ‘Yes, OMessenger ofAllah. While we were sitting, one of their elderly nunscame past,carrying a vessel of water on her head. She passed by someof theiryouth, one of whom placed his hand between her shoulders andpushedher. She fell on her knees and her vessel broke. When shestood up,she turned to him and said: “You will come to know, Otraitor, thatwhen Allah sets up the Footstool and gathers the firstand the last,and hands and feet speak of what they used to earn, youwill come toknow your case and my case in His presence soon.’”The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) said: ‘She spoke the truth, she spokethe truth. How canAllah purify any people (of sin) when they do notsupport their weakfrom their strong?’”

“The best of jihad is a just word spoken to anunjustruler.”

“A man came to the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) at the first pillar and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,whichJihad is best?’ but he kept quiet. When he saw the secondPillar, heasked again, and he kept quiet. When he stoned ‘AqabahPillar, heplaced his foot in the stirrup, to ride, and said: ‘Whereis the onewho was asking?’ (The man) said: ‘Here I am, OMessenger of Allah.’ Hesaid: ‘A word of truth spoken to anunjust ruler.’”

“Marwan broughtoutthe pulpit on the day of ‘Eid, and he started with the sermonbeforethe prayer. A man said: ‘O Marwan, you have gone against theSunnah.You have brought out the pulpit on this day, and it was notbroughtout before, and you have started with the sermon before theprayer,and this was not done before.’ Abu Sa’eed said: ‘As forthis man, hehas done his duty. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say: ‘Whoeveramong you sees an evil action and can change it withhis hand (bytaking action), let him change it with his hand. If hecannot do that,then with his tongue (by speaking out); and if hecannot do that, thenwith his heart (by hating it and feeling that itis wrong), and thatis the weakest of faith.’”

“I came to AbuTha’labah Al-Khushani and said: ‘How do you understand thisVerse?’ Hesaid: ‘Which verse?’ I said: “O you who believe!Take care of your ownselves. If you follow the (right) guidance, nohurt can come to youfrom those who are in error.”?[5:105] He said:‘You have asked one whoknows about it. I asked the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) about it and hesaid: “Enjoin good upon one another andforbid one another to do evil,but if you see overwhelmingstinginess, desires being followed, thisworld being preferred (tothe Hereafter), every person with an opinionfeeling proud of it, andyou realize that you have no power to dealwith it, then you have tomind your own business and leave the commonfolk to their owndevices. After you will come days of patience,during which patiencewill be like grasping a burning ember, and onewho does good deedswill have a reward like that of fifty men doingthe same deed.”

“It was said: ‘OMessengerof Allah, when should we stop enjoining what is good andforbiddingwhat is evil?’ He said: ‘When there appears among youthat whichappeared among those who came before you.’ We said: ‘OMessenger ofAllah, what appeared among those that came before us?’He said:‘Kingship given to your youth, immorality even among theold, andknowledge among the base and vile.’”

“The believer should not humiliate himself.” They said:“Howcould he humiliate himself?” He said: “By taking on atrial that hecannot deal with.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say:‘Allah will question His slave on the Day of Resurrection,until Hesays: “What kept you from denouncing evil when you sawit?” When Allahgrants His slave a response, he will say: “OLord, I hoped for Yourmercy but I feared the people.”

‘Allah gives respite to the wrongdoer, then when He seizes him, Hedoes not let him go.” Then he recited: “Such is the Seizure ofyourLord when He seizes the (population of) towns while they aredoingwrong.”[11:102]

“The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are fivethingswith which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allahlest youlive to see them: Immorality never appears among a people tosuch anextent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseasesthat werenever known among the predecessors will spread among them.They do notcheat in weights and measures but they will be strickenwith famine,severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. Theydo notwithhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheldfrom thesky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall onthem. Theydo not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger,but Allahwill enable their enemies to overpower them and take someof what isin their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to theBook ofAllah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed,Allah willcause them to fight one another.’”

“People among my nation will drink wine, calling it byanother name, and musical instruments will be played for them andsinging girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth toswallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.”

“Allah will curse them and those who curse will cursethem.” He said: “The inhabitants of the earth.”

“Nothing increases one’s life span except righteousness andnothingrepels the Divine decree except supplication, and a man maybedeprived of provision by a sin that he commits.’”

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which peopleare mostseverely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the nextbest and thenext best. A person is tested according to his religiouscommitment.If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he willbe tested moreseverely, and if he is frail in his religiouscommitment, his testwill be according to his commitment. Trials willcontinue to afflict aperson until they leave him walking on theearth with no sin on him.’”

“I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) whenhewas suffering from a fever, I placed my hand on him and felt heatwithmy hand from above the blanket. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,howhard it is for you!’ He said: ‘We (Prophets) are like that.The trialis multiplied for us and so is the reward.’ I said: ‘OMessenger ofAllah, which people are most severely tested?’ Hesaid: ‘TheProphets.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, then who?’He said: ‘Thenthe righteous, some of whom were tested with povertyuntil they couldnot find anything except a cloak to put aroundthemselves. One of themwill rejoice at calamity as one of you wouldrejoice at ease.’”