The proliferation of divided parties in our time, and what is the protection against falling into them?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Many questions have come in regarding contemporary groups and divided parties, asking about their ruling and what protects Muslims from falling into them?

Answer:
What protects Muslims from falling into them is adhering to the group of the people of the Sunnah and the community, which is upon the Book and the Sunnah. That is what protects. One must adhere to the group of the Muslims and their Imam. This is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) advised.
As for the deviant groups, they are left to their division. This Ummah will split into seventy-three groups, all in the Fire except one. They said: Who are they, O Messenger of Allah? He said: That is what I am upon today and my Companions. So there is no salvation except with this group, and the rest are in the Fire, either for their disbelief, or for their misguidance, or for their disobedience and religious innovation. They vary in the Fire, may Allah protect us. Yes.