The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Hour will not arrive until my nation follows the ways of the nations and generations before them, hand-span by hand-span and arm's length by arm's length."A man asked, "Messenger of Allah, just as the Persians and Romans did?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "And who are people but those?"
حدثنا سريج قال حدثنا عبد الله بن نافع عن ابن أبي ذئب عن سعيد المقبري
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال لا تقوم الساعة حتى تأخذ أمتي بمأخذ الأمم والقرون قبلها شبرا بشبر وذراعا بذراع فقال رجل يا رسول الله كما فعلت فارس والروم قال رسول الله ﷺ وهل الناس إلا أولئك
Its isnad is sahih. Bukhari related it, 9/126, in "Holding Fast," on the Prophet's saying, "You will surely follow the ways of those before you."8791m - Rawh bin Ubada narrated to us, he said, Ibn Abu Dhib narrated to us, meaning the same as it.Sahih (8791m). Its isnad is sahih.