\nNarrated An-Nu`man bin Bashir:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of the person abiding by Allah's orders and limits (or the one who \nabides by the limits and regulations prescribed by Allah) in comparison to the one who do wrong and \nviolate Allah's limits and orders is like the example of people drawing lots for seats in a boat. Some of \nthem got seats in the upper part while the others in the lower part ; those in the, lower part have to \npass by those in the upper one to get water, and that troubled the latter. One of them (i.e. the people in \nthe lower part) took an ax and started making a hole in the bottom of the boat. The people of the upper \npart came and asked him, (saying), 'What is wrong with you?' He replied, "You have been troubled \nmuch by my (coming up to you), and I have to get water.' Now if they prevent him from doing that \nthey will save him and themselves, but if they leave him (to do what he wants), they will destroy him \nand themselves."\n

\nNarrated An-Nu`man bin Bashir:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of the person abiding by Allah's orders and limits (or the one who \nabides by the limits and regulations prescribed by Allah) in comparison to the one who do wrong and \nviolate Allah's limits and orders is like the example of people drawing lots for seats in a boat. Some of \nthem got seats in the upper part while the others in the lower part ; those in the, lower part have to \npass by those in the upper one to get water, and that troubled the latter. One of them (i.e. the people in \nthe lower part) took an ax and started making a hole in the bottom of the boat. The people of the upper \npart came and asked him, (saying), 'What is wrong with you?' He replied, "You have been troubled \nmuch by my (coming up to you), and I have to get water.' Now if they prevent him from doing that \nthey will save him and themselves, but if they leave him (to do what he wants), they will destroy him \nand themselves."\n

حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الشَّعْبِيُّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏\n"‏ مَثَلُ الْمُدْهِنِ فِي حُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَالْوَاقِعِ فِيهَا مَثَلُ قَوْمٍ اسْتَهَمُوا سَفِينَةً، فَصَارَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي أَسْفَلِهَا وَصَارَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي أَعْلاَهَا، فَكَانَ الَّذِي فِي أَسْفَلِهَا يَمُرُّونَ بِالْمَاءِ عَلَى الَّذِينَ فِي أَعْلاَهَا، فَتَأَذَّوْا بِهِ، فَأَخَذَ فَأْسًا، فَجَعَلَ يَنْقُرُ أَسْفَلَ السَّفِينَةِ، فَأَتَوْهُ فَقَالُوا مَا لَكَ قَالَ تَأَذَّيْتُمْ بِي، وَلاَ بُدَّ لِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ، فَإِنْ أَخَذُوا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ أَنْجَوْهُ وَنَجَّوْا أَنْفُسَهُمْ، وَإِنْ تَرَكُوهُ أَهْلَكُوهُ وَأَهْلَكُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏