73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

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8 Authenticity of the Hadith Other than Tirmidhi, Ibne Maja [3] gives three independent narrations of the same hadith. Talking about the authenticity of this hadith Abu Mansur Abd al - Kahir ibn - Tahir Al - Baghdadi [4] says: “There are many isnad (independent testimonies) for the tradition dealing with the division of the community. A number of following companions have handed it down as coming from the Prophet (peace be upon him): Anas ibn - Malik, Abu - Hurairah, Abu - l - Darda, Ja bir, Abu - Sa’id al - Khidri, Ubai ibn - Ka’b, Abd - Allah ibn - Amr ibn - al - ‘As, abu - Imamah, Wathilah ibn - al - Aska’ and others. It is also handed down that the pious Caliphs mentioned that the community would be divided after them, that one sect only would save itsel f, and the rest of them would be given to error in this world, and to destruction in the next. ” So it becomes quite clear that there is no doubt about the authenticity of this hadith and great scholars of Islam like al - Baghdadi regarded this hadith to be an authentic one. While talking about the types of divisions to occur among the Muslim Ummah, Abu - Mansur al - Baghdadi [4] says: “Every man of intelligence among the authors of the treatise has known that the Prophet (peace be upon him)