Abu Umayyah ash-Sha'bani said: I asked Abu Thalabah al-Khushani: What is your opinion about the verse "Care for yourselves". He said: I swear by Allah, I asked the one who was well informed about it; I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. He said: No, enjoin one another to do what is good and forbid one another to do what is evil. But when you see niggardliness being obeyed, passion being followed, worldly interests being preferred, everyone being charmed with his opinion, then care for yourself, and leave alone what people in general are doing; for ahead of you are days which will require endurance, in which showing endurance will be like grasping live coals. The one who acts rightly during that period will have the reward of fifty men who act as he does. Another version has: He said (The hearers asked: ) Messenger of Allah, the reward of fifty of them? He replied: The reward of fifty of you.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الملاحم / 4341
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف لكن فقرة أيام الصبر ثابتة | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, أخرجه الترمذي (3058 وسنده حسن) ورواه ابن ماجه (4014 وسنده حسن)
Hadith Takhrij« سنن الترمذی/تفسیر القرآن سورة المائدة 18 (3058)، سنن ابن ماجہ/الفتن 21 (4014)، (تحفة الأشراف: 11881) (ضعیف) »
´Narrated Abu Umayah Ash-Sha'bani:` "I went to Abu Tha'balah Al-Khushani and said to him: 'How do you deal with this Ayah?' He said: 'Which Ayah?' I said: 'Allah's saying: Take care of yourselves! If you follow the guidance no harm shall come to you (5:105).' He said: 'Well, by Allah! I asked one well-informed about it, I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it. [So] he said: "Rather, comply with (and order) the good, and stay away from (and prohibit) the evil, until you see avarice obeyed, desires followed, and the world preferred, and everyone is amazed with his view. Then you should be worried about yourself in particular, and worry of the common folk. Ahead of you are the days in which patience is like holding onto an ember, for the doer (of righteous deeds) during them is the like of the reward of fifty of those who do the like of what you do." 'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said: "It was added for me, by other than 'Utbah, that it was said: 'O Messenger of Allah! The reward of fifty men among us, or them?' He said: 'No! Rather the reward of fifty men among you.'"
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary: Note: (In the chain of narration, Amr bin Jariyah and Abu Umayyah Sha'bani are narrators whose hadith is weak (da'if), but some parts of this narration are authentic. See the previous hadith.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3058