The Prophet ﷺ said, "The Hour will not be established till my followers copy the deeds of the previous nations and follow them very closely, span by span, and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch)." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Do you mean by those (nations) the Persians and the Byzantines?" The Prophet said, "Who can it be other than they?"  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ أُمَّتِي بِأَخْذِ الْقُرُونِ قَبْلَهَا شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَفَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ فَقَالَ وَمَنِ النَّاسُ إِلاَّ أُولَئِكَ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Hour will not be established until my Ummah (community) follow in the footsteps of the previous nations and generations before them, inch by inch, span by span. A man then asked: O Messenger of Allah, just like what the Persians and the Romans did? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: Are the people only those equivalents?"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ أُمَّتِي بِمَآخَذِ الْأُمَمِ وَالْقُرُونِ قَبْلَهَا شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَمَا فَعَلَتْ فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُاللهِ ﷺ وَهَلِ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُولَئِكَ؟  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The Hour will not come until my Ummah takes the same path as the nations before it, step by step, hand-span by hand-span." A man asked: "O Messenger of Allah, just as the Persians and the Romans did?" He replied: "Who else besides them?"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ أُمَّتِي أَخْذَ الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَهَا شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَمَا فَعَلَتْ فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ قَالَ وَمَا النَّاسُ إِلَّا أُولَئِكَ  

"لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَأخُذَ أُمَّتِى أخْذَ القُرُونِ قَبْلَهَا شَبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، قِيلَ: يَا رسُولَ الله: كَفَارِس والرُّومِ؟ قال: ومَنِ النَّاسُ إلا أُولَئكَ؟ ".