\nNarrated Abu Sa`id:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will follow the wrong ways, of your predecessors so completely and literally \nthat if they should go into the hole of a mastigure, you too will go there." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! \nDo you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Whom else?" (Meaning, of course, the Jews \nand the Christians.)\n

\nNarrated Abu Sa`id:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will follow the wrong ways, of your predecessors so completely and literally \nthat if they should go into the hole of a mastigure, you too will go there." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! \nDo you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Whom else?" (Meaning, of course, the Jews \nand the Christians.)\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ، وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ سَلَكُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ لَسَلَكْتُمُوهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ ‏"‏ فَمَنْ ‏"‏‏.‏