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عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ” لَتَتْبَعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا شِبْرًا وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ تَبِعْتُمُوهُمْ ”. قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ ” فَمَنْ
”Rasulullah (ﷺ) said,
“You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a lizard’s hole, you would follow them.”
We said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?”
He (ﷺ) said, “Whom else?”
Sahih al-Bukhari 7320
Imaam Nawawi Rahmatullahi alaihi put the title for this Hadith in Sahih Muslim:
باب اتِّبَاعِ سُنَنِ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى
Following The Ways Of The Jews And Christians
Sahih Muslim 2669
A scholar made the following observation:
“I researched the matter extensively, until I saw brothers from the Arabian Peninsula hunting a mastigure lizard. Here was the surprise! I found them hunting the lizard by filling its burrow with dense water. It is then forced to come out, and they immediately capture it.
This is because the lizard creates only one opening for its burrow, unlike some animals that make multiple openings for ventilation and maneuver to escape from predators. So, its burrow becomes a trap, lethal for those inside. If someone were to close one of these openings, the lizard wouldn’t be able to exit and would die buried inside. Alternatively, if it were flooded with water, it would be compelled to come out.
Experts in the animal field have determined that the lizard’s burrow combines extreme filth and tightness; there is no attractiveness that lures anyone to enter it.
Thus the explanation of the Hadith teaches us: you will follow the ways and actions of the disbelievers, walking in their footsteps step by step, even when their ugliness and true nature become clear.”
We can see this clearly in many issues that have proven to be failures in the West, yet we insist on pursuing them despite Westerners themselves losing faith in them, let alone the Muslim Ummah who has long ago lost faith in them and turned its back on the UN, Security Council, Arab League, International Community, and the UN Conventions.
