It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both): We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when the trials (fitan) were mentioned. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see the people with their covenants corrupted, their trusts taken lightly, and they have become like this" (and he (peace and blessings be upon him) interlaced his fingers). I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What should I do, may Allah make me your ransom? He said: "Keep to your house, control your tongue, take what is recognised as good, leave what is objectionable, concern yourself with your own particular affairs, and leave aside the affairs of the common people." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.