“You will most certainly follow the ways of those who came before you, arm’s length by arm’s length, forearm’s length by forearm’s length, hand span by hand span, until even if they entered a hole of a mastigure (lizard) you will enter it too.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said: “Who else?” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3994)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ بَاعًا فَبَاعًا وَذِرَاعًا فَذِرَاعًا وَشِبْرًا فَشِبْرًا حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ لَدَخَلْتُمُوهُ مَعَهُمْ» قَالَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ «فَمَنْ إِذًا؟»