The Division of the Ummah and the Meaning of the Hadith of the Seventy-Three Sects
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Question:
And he can say the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “They will split into…”Sahih Ibn Hibban 62:615. Do the blind and the followers of desires fall into these sects, or only the people of desires from this ummah?
Answer:
The reference is to this ummah, those who claim to be Muslims. As for the Jews and the Christians, they are two independent religions mentioned by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: “They split into…”, and this ummah, the ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), those who claim to be Muslims, will split. This is a report about the future, and it has happened as Allah informed you. The division occurred among those who claim to be Muslims, and only those who held fast to the Book and the Sunnah and the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community remained upon the correct Islam.
And he can say the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “They will split into…”
This ummah is upon seventy-three
هذه الأمة على ثلاث وسبعينAnswer:
The reference is to this ummah, those who claim to be Muslims. As for the Jews and the Christians, they are two independent religions mentioned by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: “They split into…”
The Jews are upon seventy-one, and the Christians split into seventy-two
اليهود على إحدى وسبعين، وافترقت النصارى على اثنتين وسبعين
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شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [2] — alfawzan.live (1:00:06)
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