What is the meaning of "among them" in the hadith: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks about the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 4347: Does it mean that he is among them in major disbelief, or in minor disbelief?
Answer:
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: The statement "Whoever imitates a people is one of them" indicates at the very least the prohibition of imitating them, even though its apparent meaning is disbelief.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks about the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
God’s messenger as saying, “He who copies any people is one of them.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم من تشبه بقوم فهو منهمAnswer:
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: The statement "Whoever imitates a people is one of them" indicates at the very least the prohibition of imitating them, even though its apparent meaning is disbelief.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى منهم في حديث ‹‹من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم››؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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