The Concept of the Hadith of Schism

Question:
We have learned from the hadith of the Messenger of Allah that the Muslim community will split, just as the Jews split into seventy-one sects and the Christians into seventy-two sects. It is said: "My community will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in the Fire, except one." So what is the nature of the sects that call themselves the Tijaniyyah, the Shadhiliyyah, the Rifa'iyyah, and so on?
Are these considered among the sects mentioned in the hadith?

Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify the sects, but they are all gathered in that they are contrary to his path (peace and blessings be upon him) and what he legislated. Seventy-two are contrary to his path (peace and blessings be upon him), and this includes all the sects: the Tijaniyyah, the Qadiriyyah, the Shadhiliyyah, the Mu'tazilah, the Jahmiyyah, the Rafidah, and others. Whoever opposes his way (peace and blessings be upon him) and follows a path other than his falls into these sects.
These sects are not all disbelievers, though they are all threatened with the Fire. Among them are disbelievers, and among them are non-disbelievers. Some have an innovation that makes them disbelievers, while others have an innovation that does not elevate them to the status of disbelievers, but rather makes them sinners who have committed a sin in their deeds.

Question: The Sufis?

Answer: The Sufis are of various types, as mentioned previously.