Mishkat al-Masabih 5144 — Manners

Abu Tha'laba Narrated from:

Sayyiduna Abu Tha'labah رضي الله عنه narrated about Allah's words: عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ {Guard your own souls. He who has gone astray cannot harm you, if you are rightly guided} (5: 105) that he had, by Allah, asked Allah's Messenger ﷺ about these words of Allah, the Most High.So, he had said, "Rather, continue to enjoin piety to each other and forbid each other that which is evil till you see that niggardliness is obeyed, base desires are followed, worldly life is preferred to the hereafter, everyone goes by his own opinion and you see something apart from which you have no option. Then, it is binding on you to care for yourself (keeping the affairs of the others alone (withdrawing from them), for such days await you that will call for patience in which being patient would be like handling live (burning) coals. During those days, he who abides by the Shari'ah (divine law) will earn the reward of fifty men who do as you [1] do (today)." The sahabah (Prophet's Companions) رضى الله عنهم asked, "O Messenger of Allah, reward of fifty of them?" He said, "Reward of fifty of you." [2]