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‘The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and my
nation will split into seventy-two, all of which will be in Hell
apart
from one, which is the main body.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 36, Hadith 68
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“The Jews split into
seventy-one sects, one of which will be in
Paradise and seventy in
Hell. The Christians split into seventy-two
sects, seventy-one of
which will be in Hell and one in Paradise. I
swear by the One Whose
Hand is the soul of Muhammad, my nation will
split into seventy-three
sects, one of which will be in Paradise and
seventy-two in Hell.”
It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, who are
they?” He said: “The
main body.”
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“You will most certainly follow the ways of those who came
before you, arm’s length by arm’s length, forearm’s length by
forearm’s length, hand span by hand span, until even if they
entered a
hole of a mastigure (lizard) you will enter it too.” They
said: “O
Messenger of Allah, (do you mean) the Jews and the
Christians?” He
said: “Who else?”