Does following one of the four schools of jurisprudence fall within the seventy-three sects?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Does this warning include one who takes refuge in a specific school of jurisprudence, such as the four schools?
The Shaykh : No, no, it does not include what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) intended by the seventy-three sects. Those who declare the four schools of jurisprudence to be misguided do not declare one another misguided. Yes.
The Jews split into seventy-one sects, and the Christians split into seventy-two sects, and my Ummah will split into seventy-three sects.
افترقت اليهود إلى إحدى وسبعين فرقة وافترقت النصارى إلى اثنتين وسبعين فرقة وستفترق أمتي إلى ثلاث وسبعين فرقةThe Shaykh : No, no, it does not include what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) intended by the seventy-three sects. Those who declare the four schools of jurisprudence to be misguided do not declare one another misguided. Yes.