Sayyiduna al-Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The example of the sinner (fasiq) among a people is like that of people who boarded a ship at sea, then divided (its places) among themselves, and each man got a place. One of them went to his place and made a hole in it. The people said: What is wrong with him? Does he want to destroy us? He said: What business do you have with my place? (He, peace and blessings be upon him, said:) If they leave him, he will drown and they will all drown with him; and if they hold his hands (stop him), he will be saved and they will all be saved with him. That is the example of the sinner."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Salamah except his son Muhammad, and no one narrated it from his son except Hassan, and al-Azraq is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 8517
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: 2762، 9310»