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4597. It was narrated from Abū 'Āmir Al-Hawzanī that Mu'āwiyah bin Abī Sufyān stood up among us and said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood up among us and said: 'Those who came before you of the
people of the Book split into seventy-two sects, and this Ummah will split into seventy-three sects, seventy-two of which will be in the Fire, and one in Paradise. That is the Jamā'ah (main group of Muslims).” Ibn Yahyā and ‘Amr[1] added in their Hadīth: “And there will emerge among my Ummah people who will be dominated by those whims and desires as rabies dominates its victim.” ‘Amr said: “Rabies does not leave any vein or joint of its victim but it enters it.” (Hasan)
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“Seventy-two of which will be in the Fire, and one in Paradise. That is the Jamā'ah (main group of Muslims).” “Sects” refers to all of those groups that have innovated.
