Darussalam · Volume 5
39. THE BOOK OFTHE SUNNAHSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4596 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 197
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Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح ابن ماجة (٣٩٩١) // صحيح الجامع الصغير (١٠٨٣) //
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4596. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The Jews split into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and the Christians split into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and my Ummah will split into seventy-three sects.'" (Hasan)
4596 - حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «افْتَرَقَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوْ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، وَتَفَرَّقَتِ النَّصَارَى عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوْ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً»
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This book is named the Book of the Sunnah, to indicate the creed of the people of the Sunnah, or Ahl As-Sunnah wal-Jamā'ah. This creed is called "Sunnah" because Ahl As-Sunnah wal-Jamā'ah are unique among the groups, in that they take their beliefs from the Sunnah, and this is what differentiates them from all of the groups of innovation.