“Whoever Imitates a People Becomes One of Them”: A Hadith and its Interpreters

Abstract This article examines the canonization of the Prophetic hadith, “Whoever imitates a people becomes one of them,” which became the keynote expression of tashabbuh (reprehensible imitation), a Sunni doctrine commonly invoked by religious authorities to distinguish Muslims from non-Muslims. Fi...

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Main Author: Patel, Youshaa (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2018, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 359-426
Further subjects:B Interpretation of
B Hadith
B Ethics
B Abū Dāwūd
B Jihad
B Ibn Taymiyya
B non-Muslims
B Najm al-Dīn al-Ghazzī
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