Hadith #7
Chapter: The Book of Knowledge
The Book of Knowledge
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ، بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُ
مْ شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا فِي جُحْرِ ضَبٍّ لاَتَّبَعْتُمُوهُمْ " . قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آلْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ " فَمَنْ " .
Isnad Chain
سويد بن سعيد
حفص بن ميسرة
زيد بن أسلم
عطاء، بن يسار
أبو سعيد الخدري
سنن الذين من قبلك
English Translation
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying:You would tread the same path as was trodden by those before you inch by inch and step by step so much so that if they had entered into the hole of the lizard, you would follow them in this also. We said: Allah's Messenger ﷺ, do you mean Jews and Christians (by your words)" those before you"? He said: Who else (than those two religious groups)?
Quran References
Reference: Sahih Muslim, The Book of Knowledge, Hadith 7
Sunnah.com ref: muslim:6861
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-14450