Is it correct to call the people of the Sunnah and the community a sect, based on the hadith: (It will split into seventy-three sects)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: Is it correct to call the people of the Sunnah and the community a sect, based on the hadith that it will split into seventy-three sects?
Answer:
The victorious group, and they are not called a sect, because they are the original group. These sects are in opposition to them, and they are the original group. They remain upon the original path; they did not split. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: Is it correct to call the people of the Sunnah and the community a sect, based on the hadith that it will split into seventy-three sects?
Answer:
The victorious group, and they are not called a sect, because they are the original group. These sects are in opposition to them, and they are the original group. They remain upon the original path; they did not split. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [285 -560] هل يصح أن يسمى أهل السنة والجماعة بأنهم فرقة لحديث: (أنها تفترق على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة)؟ — youtube.com
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