صحيح البخاري

Hadith 7320

Book 97: The Book of Holding Fast To The Qur’An and The Sunna

كِتَاب الِاعْتِصَامِ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ

Chapter 14

(14) Chapter. The statement of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.), “Certainly you (Muslims!) will follow the ways of those who were before you (i.e., Jews and Christians).”

14- بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَتَتْبَعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ»:

English narration

Narrated by أبو سعيد الخدري

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would follow them." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?" He said, "Whom else?"

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "

لَتَتْبَعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا شِبْرًا ، وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ تَبِعْتُمُوهُمْ ، قُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، الْيَهُودُ ، وَالنَّصَارَى ، قَالَ : فَمَنْ

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7320In-book: Book 97, Hadith 7320

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