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hakim:8404Abū Ūways al-Madīnī > Thawr b. Yazīd And Mūsá b. Maysarah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You will follow the practices of those before you, inch by inch, elbow by elbow, to the extent that if one of them entered the hole of a lizard, you would enter it too. And even if one of them were to have relations with his wife in a public road, you would do it too." This hadith is authentic/authentic.  

الحاكم:٨٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ الْمَدِينِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ وَمُوسَى بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سُنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ دَخَلَ حُجْرَ ضَبٍّ لَدَخَلْتُمْ وَحَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ جَامِعَ امْرَأَتَهُ بِالطَّرِيقِ لَفَعَلْتُمُوهُ» صَحِيحٌصحيح  


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ahmad:10827ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'You will certainly follow the ways of those who came before you, step by step, even if they were to enter the hole of a lizard, you would follow them.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?' He said: 'Who else?'"  

أحمد:١٠٨٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ الشِّبْرَ بِالشِّبْرِ وَالذِّرَاعَ بِالذِّرَاعِ وَالْبَاعَ بِالْبَاعِ حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ دَخَلَ جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ لَدَخَلْتُمُوهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَمِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى؟ قَالَ مَنْ إِذًا  

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السيوطي:١٧١٦٨a

"لتَرْكَبُنَّ سنَنَ مَن قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا بِشبْرٍ، وَذرَاعًا بذِراعٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ أحَدَهُمْ دَخَلَ جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ لَدَخَلتُمْ، وَحَتَّى لَوْ أَنَّ أحَدَهُم جَامَعَ امْرأَته بالطَّريق لفَعَلتُموه".  

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