Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim
Verily, you will follow those before you, span by span and cubit by cubit
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ، شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ، وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا فِي جُحْرِ ضَبٍّ لَاتَّبَعْتُمُوهُمْ» قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ آلْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى؟ قَالَ: «فَمَنْ؟».
Explanation
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs what some people from his Ummah will be like, after his time, as they would strictly follow the way of the Jews and Christians in their beliefs, deeds, habits, and traditions, span by span and cubit by cubit, even if they entered the hole of a lizard, they would enter behind them.
Source
صحيح البخاري (9/ 103) (7320).
صحيح مسلم (4/ 2054) (2669).
الجديد في شرح كتاب التوحيد، لمحمد القرعاوي (ص213).
الملخص في شرح كتاب التوحيد، لصالح الفوزان (ص193).
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