Question
Kindly verify these translations and provide the references :
1) Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
Whoever imitates a nation is of them
2) Nabi (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
The one who imitates others is not of us
Answer
1) Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
Whoever imitates a nation is from among them
(Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith: 4027 )
The above Hadith is sound (hasan li ghayrihi) due to corroboration.
(Refer: Sharhu Mushkilil Athaar, Hadith: 231,Taghliqut Ta’liq, vol. 3 pg. 446, Al Maqasidul Hasanah, Hadith: 1101, Mukhtasar Al Maqasidul Hasanah, Hadith: 1012. Also see Siyaru A’lamin Nubala, vol. 15 pg. 509, Al Mughni ‘An Hamlil Asfar, Hadith: 851 and the footnotes of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwamah on Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybaha, Hadith: 19747)
2) Rasullullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said:
The one who imitates others is not from among us
(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 2695, with a weak chain, but is sufficiently supported by the first Hadith cited above.)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar