Judgment Day Signs: Divisions Within the Main Religious Groups



Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet, upon whom be peace, said:
"The Jews have split into seventy-one sects, and my Ummah will divide into seventy-three."


'Awf ibn Malik reported that the Prophet said:
"The Jews split into seventy-one sects: one will enter Paradise and seventy will enter Hell. The Christians split into seventy-two sects: seventy-one will enter Hell and one will enter Paradise. By Him in Whose hand is my soul, my Ummah will split into seventy-three sects: one will enter Paradise and seventy-two will enter Hell." Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who will they be?" He replied, "The main body of the Muslims (al-jama'ah)." 'Awf ibn Malik is the only one who reported this hadith, and its isnad is acceptable.


Abu Hurairah said, the Prophet (PBUH) said, "Woe to the Arabs from the great evil
which is nearly approaching them: it will be like patches of dark night. A
man will wake up as a believer, and be a kafir (unbeliever) by nightfall.
People will sell their religion for a small amount of worldly goods. The
one who clings to his religion on that day will be as one who is grasping
an ember - or thorns."
(Ahmad.)

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