Arabic (Original)
وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سُنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بَاعًا بِبَاعٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ وَشِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا فِي جُحْرِ ضَبٍّ لَدَخَلْتُمْ مَعَهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ فَمَنْ إِذًا.
English Translation
And with his chain of transmission, he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "You will surely follow the ways of those who came before you, span by span and cubit by cubit, to the point that if they entered the hole of a lizard, you would enter it after them." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, the Jews and the Christians?" He said: "Who else, then?"