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Whoever resembles a people

Saturday, September 8, 1962

مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِقَوْمٍ فَهُوَ مِنْهُمْ
Transliteration

Man tashabbaha bi-qawmin fa-huwa minhum.

Translation

Whoever imitates a people becomes one of them.

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar·Sunan Abi Dawud 4031
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