The Meaning of the Prohibited Imitation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It was mentioned in the hadith:Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani). He asks: What is meant by the prohibited imitation?
Answer:
It is one of their distinctive characteristics. As for the things that are shared between us and them, there is no imitation in those. But the things that are specific to them, if you imitate them in those, you have imitated them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It was mentioned in the hadith:
He who copies any people is one of them.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهمAnswer:
It is one of their distinctive characteristics. As for the things that are shared between us and them, there is no imitation in those. But the things that are specific to them, if you imitate them in those, you have imitated them. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب الميت — islamhouse.com (1:13:34)
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