عن أبي سعيدٍ الخُدريِّ رضي الله عنه، أن النبيَّ ﷺ قال:«لتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَن قَبْلَكم، شِبرًا بشِبرٍ، وذراعًا بذراعٍ، حتى لو سَلَكوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ لَسَلكْتموه»، قلنا: يا رسول الله، اليهود والنصارى؟ قال: «فمَن؟!»
40 - No similarity with opponents
Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudrī narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
1. You shall follow the ways of those who were before you, 2. inch by inch, cubit by cubit. 3. Even if they go into a lizard’s hole, you will follow their suit. 4. We said: “Messenger of God, the Jews and Christians?’ He said: ‘Who else?”
Related Quranic Verses
Guide us on the straight path, (6) The path of those on whom You have bestowed Your favours, not those who have incurred Your wrath, nor those who have gone astray.
(1: 6-7)
Is it not time for believers that their hearts should feel humble at the remembrance of God and the truth that has been bestowed from on high, and not to be like those who were granted revelations before them and whose hearts have hardened with the passing of time? Many of these are now transgressors!
(57: 16)
