عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: لَتَتْبَعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا شِبْرًا وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ تَبِعْتُمُوهُمْ. قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ الله الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ: فَمَنْ
Hazrat Abu Sa‘id al-Khudrira narrated, “The Prophetsa stated, ‘You will follow the customs and traditions of those before you, inch by inch and arm’s length by arm’s length, to the extent that if they were to enter a lizard’s burrow, you would follow them into it.’ We asked, ‘O Allah’s Messengersa, do you refer to the Jews and Christians?’ He replied, ‘Who else?’”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-i‘tisami bi l-kitabi wa a-sunnah, Bab qawli n-nabiyyisa ‘la tatba‘unna sunana man kana qablakum’, Hadith 7320)
