It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the one who stands firm on the limits of Allah, the one who is lax and compromising about them, and the one who violates those limits is like that of three men who were aboard a ship. They divided the portions of the ship among themselves, and the place where water seeps in and drains fell to the share of one of them, which troubled them all. He took an axe and began to dig at his own place. One of the remaining two said to the other: 'Do you not see that this man wants to make a hole in our ship so that he drowns us?' The other said: 'Leave him; he is only making a hole in his own place.'" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If they stop him, he will be saved and they will all be saved; and if they leave him, he will drown and they will all drown."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Adam narrated this hadith from Warqa'."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الهاء / 9310
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، 8517»