أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رُبَيِّعَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ سَلْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ :" لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا بَقِيَ الْأَوَّلُ حَتَّى يَتَعَلَّمَ الْآخِرُ، فَإِذَا هَلَكَ الْأَوَّلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ الْآخِرُ، هَلَكَ النَّاسُ "

Amr bin Aoun told us, Khalid told us, on the authority of Ata’ bin Al-Sa’ib, on the authority of Abdullah bin Rabi’ah, he said: Salman, may God be pleased with him, said He said: “People will continue to be well as long as the first survive until the last learns. If the first perishes before the last learns, the people will perish.”