Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 19827a
"مَثَلُ الْقَائِم عَلَى حُدُودِ اللهِ، والْمُدهِنِ فيهَا، كَمثَلِ قَوْم اسْتَهمُوا عَلَى سَفِينَة فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأصَابَ بَعْضُهُم أَعْلاهَا، وَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُم أَسْفَلَهَا، فَكَانَ الَّذِين فِي أَسْفلِهَا إِذَا اسْتَقَوْا مِنَ الْماءِ مَرُّوا عَلَى مَنْ فوْقَهُمْ. فقَال الَّذِين فِي أَعْلاهَا لَا نَدعكُمْ تَصْعدُونَ () فَتُؤْذُونَا! ! فَقَالُوا: لَوْ أنّا خَرَقْنَا فِي نَصِيبِنَا خَرْقًا وَلَمْ نُؤْذِ مَنْ فَوْقَنَا؟ فَإِنْ يَتْرُكُوهُمْ وَما أَرَادُوا هَلَكُوا جَمِيعًا، وإنْ أَخَذُوا عَلَى أَيدِيهِمْ نَجَوْا وَنجَوْا جَمِيعًا".
Translation
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"The example of the one who upholds the limits of Allah, and the one who compromises concerning them, is like a people who drew lots for a ship at sea. Some of them got the upper deck and some got the lower deck. Those in the lower deck, when they needed water, would pass by those above them. The people in the upper deck said: We will not let you pass up and trouble us! They said: If we make a hole in our share and do not trouble those above us? If they leave them to what they want, they will all perish, and if they take hold of their hands, they will be saved and all be saved."
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[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [ت] الترمذي عن النعمان بن بشير
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