Hadith on Sects: Only followers of Sunnah and Sahaba enter Paradise

Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “What comes over my nation will surely be what came over the children of Israel, step by step, such that if one of them fornicated with his mother, someone from my nation would do the same. Verily, the children of Israel split into seventy-two sects, and my nation will split into seventy-three sects. All of them are in the Hellfire except for one denomination.” They said, “Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet said, “Those upon my way and the way of my companions.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2641

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani

Imam al-Tibi commented, “His statement, ‘that which I and my Companions are upon,’ means they are the rightly guided people who hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs after me… The ‘united community,’ according to the people of knowledge, refers to the jurists and the scholars. Shurayh said: The Sunnah has precedence over your analogies, so follow and do not innovate in the religion, for you will never be led astray as long as you adhere to the transmitted reports.”

Source: Sharḥ Mishkāt lil-Ṭībī 2/641

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مَا أَتَى عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَذْوَ النَّعْلِ بِالنَّعْلِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَتَى أُمَّهُ عَلَانِيَةً لَكَانَ فِي أُمَّتِي مَنْ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ وَإِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَفَرَّقَتْ عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً كُلُّهُمْ فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا مِلَّةً وَاحِدَةً قَالُوا وَمَنْ هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَا أَنَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَصْحَابِي

2641 سنن الترمذي كتاب الإيمان ما جاء في افتراق هذه الأمة

5343 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في صحيح الجامع

وقوله ماأنا عليه وأصحابي أي هم المهتدون المتمسكون بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين من بعدي … الجماعة عند أهل العلم أهل الفقه والعلم قال شريح إن السنة قد سبقت قياسكم فاتبع ولاتبتدع فإنك لن تضل ما أخذت بالأثر

2/641 شرح المشكاة للطيبي كتاب الإيمان باب الاعتصام بالكتاب والسنة

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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