Hadith #205
Arabic Text
وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سُنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بَاعًا بِبَاعٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ وَشِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا فِي جُحْرِ ضَبٍّ لَدَخَلْتُمْ مَعَهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ فَمَنْ إِذًا
English Translation
With the same chain of narration, he said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "You will surely follow the ways of those who came before you, arm's length by arm's length, cubit by cubit, and hand-span by hand-span, until if they entered the hole of a lizard, you would enter it with them." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, the Jews and Christians?" He said: "Then who else?"
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 21, Hadith 205
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9443
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45833