Is the number of sects limited to seventy-three, or is it more than that?
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The benefits of the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. The number mentioned regarding the sects, O Shaykh, is it intended to be a specific limit, or...?
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It is not a specific limit; the intention is not to set a limit. The sects are more than this number, but the scholars say that these are the roots of the sects. These numbers are the roots of the sects, and they branched out and divided into other sects.
The benefits of the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. The number mentioned regarding the sects, O Shaykh, is it intended to be a specific limit, or...?
Answer:
It is not a specific limit; the intention is not to set a limit. The sects are more than this number, but the scholars say that these are the roots of the sects. These numbers are the roots of the sects, and they branched out and divided into other sects.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [240] هل الفرق محصورة في ثلاثة وسبعين أو أنها أكثر من هذا العدد |فوائد شرح اقتضاء الصراط المستقيم — youtube.com
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