[[Muhammad b. Abd Al-Aziz al-Umari]] narrated from [[Abu Umar al-San'ani]] from [[Zayd b. Aslam]] from [[Ata b.Yasar]] from [[Abu Sa'id al-Khudri]] who said: [[Prophet Muhammad|The Prophet]] said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit so much so that even if they entered a hole of a lizard, you would follow them." We said, "O Allah's Messenger! The Jews and the Christians?" He said, "Who else?” ^[ShiaBrain amendment: [[Sahih al-Bukhari (Darussalam)|al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari (Darussalam, 1997), vol. 9, p. 259, no. 7320]]] ## Renditions > [!quote]- Arabic · Manshurat 2005 > حدثنا سعيد بن أبي مريم حدثنا أبو غسان قال حدثني زيد بن أسلم عن عطاء بن يسار عن أبي سعيد رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال «لتتبعن سنن ^[This word differs from al-Tabari's version because of this reason and that reason. Refer to this text for comparison] من قبلكم شبرا بشبر وذراعا بذراع حتى لو سلكوا جحر ضب لسلكتموه قلنا يا رسول الله اليهود والنصارى قال فمن.» ^[al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari (Manshurat, 2007), p. 566, no. 3456] > [!quote]- English · Darussalam 2007 > Narrated Abu Sa'id: The Prophet said, "You will follow the wrong ways, of your predecessors so completely and literally that if they should go into the hole of a mastigure ^[Mistranslation of the word 'Mawla', see [[Lisan al-Arab's definition]] which points to meaning of authority], you too will go there." We said, "O Allah's Messenger! Do you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Whom else?" (Meaning, of course, the Jews and the Christians. ^[[[Sahih al-Bukhari (Darussalam)|al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari (Darussalam, 1997), vol. 9, p. 259, no. 7320]]] ## Related > [!commentary]- Commentary > - Insert commentary quote wikilink with alias of scholar name > [!grading]- Grading > - Insert grading quote wikilinks with alias of 'scholar name: grading'