What has been said about Bani Isrāēl.
Darussalam · Volume 4
60 - THE BOOK OF THE STORIES OF THE PROPHETSSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3456 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 169
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3456. Narrated Abū Sa'īd: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: The Prophet ﷺ said, "You surely 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 the hole of a mastigar (sand lizard), you would follow them.” We said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! Do you mean the Jews and the Christians?” He replied, “Whom else?” (Meaning, of course, the Jews and the Christians.) [See Vol. 9, Hadīth No.7320]
3456 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ، وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ سَلَكُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ لَسَلَكْتُمُوهُ»، قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: اليَهُودَ، وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ: «فَمَنْ»
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(1) (H. 3455) If the Bai'a (pledge) is given to a caliph and after a while another caliph is given the Bai'a by some members of the society, the common Muslims should abide by the Bai'a given to the first Caliph, for the election of the second is invalid.