The Prophet's Warning Against Imitating the Ways of Disbelievers
STERN WARNING AGAINST IMITATING THE WAYS OF DISBELIEVERS
Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Surely, you will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, in everything as one arrow resembles another, so much so that even if they entered a hole of a sand-lizard, you would enter it."
They said: "O Messenger of ALLĀH, do you mean the Jews and the Christians?"
He replied: "Who else?"
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Abdullāh ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Whoever imitates a people is one of them."
[Abū Dāwūd]
COMMENTARY:
Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) tells us that the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) informed that this nation will blindly follow the previous nations in their habits, policies, and religious practices, and that it will try to imitate them in everything - as the feathers of an arrow resemble the feathers of another arrow. The Prophet (ﷺ) further affirmed such resemblance and imitation by stating that if the previous nations entered the narrow and dark hole of a sand lizard, this nation would attempt to enter it. When the Companions (رضي الله عنهم) inquired about those nations and if they are the Jews and Christians, the Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative.
This hadith [hadith of Ibn 'Umar] has a general indication; whoever emulates the righteous is righteous and will be gathered with the righteous on the Day of Resurrection. Likewise, whoever emulates the disbelievers or the impious is a follower of their ways and belongs to them.
{Hadith Encyclopedia: Hadith 3355 and 5353}
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