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Even in acts of worship, it is obligatory that we keep away from resembling them, even if
4417 Even in acts of worship, we must keep away from resembling the disbelievers 📔 Al-Sharḥ al-Mumtiʿ ʿalā Zād al-Mustaqniʿ - Ibn ʿUthaymīn
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Even in acts of worship, it is obligatory that we keep away from resembling them, even if
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the thought which comes upon the heart concerning resemblance in
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acts of worship is a distant matter.
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So if we were forbidden from resembling the Mushrikīn, even in acts of worship
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in which resemblance in them is distant,
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then acts of worship are more deserving [of avoiding resemblance].
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And for this reason the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever resembles
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a people, then he is from them. Whoever resembles a people, then he is
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from them. The chain of narration of the ḥadīth is good.