Is there anyone who has enumerated the seventy-three sects, and is it possible to enumerate them in this age?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there anyone who has enumerated the seventy-three sects? And is it possible to enumerate them in this age?
Answer:
They say that the sects now are more than seventy-three, but the seventy-three are their roots, and many branches have branched off from them, but the roots of the sects are seventy-three. You have the book *Al-Firaq bi al-Firaq* by al-Baghdadi and the book *Al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by al-Shahrastani. All of them clarify these matters for you, and *Al-Fasl fi al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by Ibn Hazm, all of them clarify these matters for you, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there anyone who has enumerated the seventy-three sects? And is it possible to enumerate them in this age?
Answer:
They say that the sects now are more than seventy-three, but the seventy-three are their roots, and many branches have branched off from them, but the roots of the sects are seventy-three. You have the book *Al-Firaq bi al-Firaq* by al-Baghdadi and the book *Al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by al-Shahrastani. All of them clarify these matters for you, and *Al-Fasl fi al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by Ibn Hazm, all of them clarify these matters for you, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [167 -1024] هل هناك مَن حصرَ الثلاث وسبعين فرقة وهل من الممكن حصرها في هذا العصر؟- صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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