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
Hadith for · identity
Whoever resembles a people
Sunday, May 12, 1996
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