Is the number of seventy-three sects fixed?
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Question:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Ummah will split into seventy-three sects." Is this number fixed or not?
Answer:
It is not fixed. The sects are very numerous. If you look into the books on sects, you will find that they are many. But, Allah knows best, these seventy-three are the roots of the sects, and many sects branched off from them. Yes.
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Ummah will split into seventy-three sects." Is this number fixed or not?
Answer:
It is not fixed. The sects are very numerous. If you look into the books on sects, you will find that they are many. But, Allah knows best, these seventy-three are the roots of the sects, and many sects branched off from them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-06-لمحة عن الفرق\صالح الفوزان\كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:28)
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