Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: The Jews were split up into seventy-one or seventy-two sects; and the Christians were split up into seventy one or seventy-two sects; and my community will be split up into seventy-three sects.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب السنة / 4596
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, أخرجه الترمذي (2640 وسنده حسن) وابن ماجه (3991 وسنده حسن)
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ أبو داود، (تحفة الأشراف: 15023)، وقد أخرجہ: سنن الترمذی/الإیمان 18 (2640)، سنن ابن ماجہ/الفتن 17 (3991)، مسند احمد (2/332) (حسن صحیح) »
Abu Amir al-Hawdhani said: Muawiyah bin Abi Sufiyan stood among us and said: Beware! The Messenger of ALLA H ﷺ stood among us and said: Beware! The people of the Book before were split up into seventy-two sects, and this community will be split into seventy three: seventy-two of them will go to Hell and one of them will go to Paradise, and it is the majority group. Ibn Yahya and Amr added in their version: “ There will appear among my community people who will be dominated by desires like rabies which penetrates its patient”, Amr’s version has: “penetrates its patient. There remains no vein and no joint but it penetrates it. ”
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب السنة / 4597
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (172)
Hadith Takhrij« تفرد بہ أبوداود، (تحفة الأشراف: 11425)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (4/102)، سنن الدارمی/السیر 75 (2560) (حسن) »