What is the ruling on one who imitates the disbelievers in everything?
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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on those who imitate the disbelievers in everything, even in their clothing, their festivals, and their hairstyles?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And the Christians said: Do not imitate the non-Arabs, do not imitate the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It is not permissible to imitate the disbelievers, neither in their worship and religion, nor in their customs and traditions specific to them. Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) This is a hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is a general hadith.
He says: What is the ruling on those who imitate the disbelievers in everything, even in their clothing, their festivals, and their hairstyles?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever imitates a people is one of them. And he said: Do not imitate the Jews.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم وقال لا تشبهوا باليهودHe who copies any people is one of them.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يتشبه بالكفار في كل شيء؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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