Sunan Ibn Majah 3994

سنن ابن ماجه#3994Sahih

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“You will most certainly follow the ways of those who came before you, arm’s length by arm’s length, forearm’s length by forearm’s length, hand span by hand span, until even if they entered a hole of a mastigure (lizard) you will enter it too.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said: “Who else?”

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniHasan Sahih
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiHasan Sahih
Shuaib Al ArnautHasan
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan

In-book reference: 36:69