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الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا
زَيْدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا
الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ , حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو مُعَيْدٍ حَفْصُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ الرُّعَيْنِيُّ , عَنْ
مَكْحُولٍ , عَنْ
أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ , قَالَ : قِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , مَتَى نَتْرُكُ الْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ؟ قَالَ : " إِذَا ظَهَرَ فِيكُمْ مَا ظَهَرَ فِي الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ " , قُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , وَمَا ظَهَرَ فِي الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَنَا , قَالَ : " الْمُلْكُ فِي صِغَارِكُمْ , وَالْفَاحِشَةُ فِي كِبَارِكُمْ , وَالْعِلْمُ فِي رُذَالَتِكُمْ " , قَالَ زَيْدٌ : تَفْسِيرُ مَعْنَى قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " وَالْعِلْمُ فِي رُذَالَتِكُمْ " : إِذَا كَانَ الْعِلْمُ فِي الْفُسَّاقِ .
´It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:` “It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, when should we stop enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil?’ He said: ‘When there appears among you that which appeared among those who came before you.’ We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what appeared among those that came before us?’ He said: ‘Kingship given to your youth, immorality even among the old, and knowledge among the base and vile.’”