Al-Khiṣāl - Part 24: On Seventy and Above-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 24: On Seventy and Above-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Nation Will Divide Up Into Seventy-Two Sects د بن جعفر البندار الشافعي بفرغانة قال: حدثنا ٠جاهد ابن أعين بن داود قال: حدثنا ٠د بن الفضل قال: حدثنا ابن لهيعة، عن سعيد بن أبي هلال، عن أنس بن ٠الك قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله:إن بني إسرائيل تفرقت على عيسى إحدى وسبعين فرقة فهلك سبعون فرقة وتخلص فرقة، وإن ا٠تي ستفترق على اثنتين وسبعين فرقة يهلك إحدى وسبعون ويتخلص فرقة، قالوا: يا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ٠ن تلك الفرقة؟ قال: الج٠صنف هذا الكتاب رضي الله عنه: الج٠اعة أهل الحق وإن قلوا، وقد روي عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أنه قال: " ال٠24-10 Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Bandar al-Shafe’ee in Furqan narrated that Mujahid ibn A’ayn ibn Davood quoted Muhammad ibn al-Fazl, on the authority of Ibn Lahay’at, on the authority of Sa’id ibn Abi Hilal, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik that God’s Prophet (sw) said, “After Jesus (as) the Children of Israel divided up into seventy-one sects.

Seventy sects will be ruined and only one will be saved. My nation will divide up into seventy-two sects. Seventy-one sects will be ruined and only one sect will be saved.” They asked, “O Prophet of God!

Who are the sect that will be saved?” The Prophet (sw) replied, “The assembly.” And repeated it three times.The compiler of the book - may God be pleased with him - said, “What is meant by ‘the assembly’ here is the true men of God even though they may only be a few as it has been narrated on the authority of the Prophet (sw) who said, ‘A believer is by himself a proof and a believer is by himself the assembly.’