It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The example of the sinner among a people is like that of people who boarded a ship at sea and divided it among themselves, so that each of them got a place. Then one of them set about making a hole in his own place, and the people said to him: 'Do you want to destroy us?' He said: 'What business do you have with my place?' If they leave him (to himself), they will all drown and he will drown with them; and if they take hold of his hand, they will all be saved and he too will be saved. That is the example of the sinner."
No one narrated this hadith from Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) except his son Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one from Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) except Hassan (may Allah have mercy on him), and al-Azraq (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 2762
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه البخاري فى «صحيحه» برقم: 2493، 2686، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 301، 297، 298، والترمذي فى «جامعه» برقم: 2173، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 20245، 21451، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 18652، 18662، 18663، 18670، 18661، 18702، والحميدي فى «مسنده» برقم: 946، والبزار فى «مسنده» برقم: 3250، 3248، 3249، 3252، 3251، 3298، والطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 28، 32، 33، 29، 30، 31، 34، 38، 35، 36، 140، والطبراني فى «الصغير» برقم: 849، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 8517، 9310»