۔ عَنْ اَنَسٍ بْنِ مَالِکٍ رضی اللہ عنہ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللّٰہِ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم قَالَ: ((اِنَّ بَنِیْ اِسْرَائِیْلَ تَفَرَّقَتْ عَلٰی اِحْدٰی وَسَبْعِیْنَ فِرْقَۃً فَہَلَکَتْ سَبْعُوْنَ فِرْقَۃً وَخَلَصَتْ فِرْقَۃٌ وَاِنَّ اُمَّتِیْ سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَی اثْنَتَیْنِ وَسَبْعِیْنَ فِرْقَۃً فَتَہْلِکُ اِحْدٰی وَسَبْعُوْنَ وَتَخْلُصُ فِرْقَۃٌ (وَفِیْ رِوَایَۃٍ: کُلُّہَا فِی النَّارِاِلَّا فِرْقَۃٌ)۔)) قَالُوْا: یَارَسُوْلَ اللّٰہِ! مَنْ تِلْکَ الْفِرَقَۃُ؟ قَالَ: ((اَلْجَمَاعَۃُ الْجَمَاعَۃُ۔)) (مسند احمد:12507 )
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Children of Israel were divided into seventy-one sects; seventy of them were destroyed and one group was successful. And my Ummah will be divided into seventy-two sects; seventy-one of them will be destroyed and only one group will attain salvation. In another narration, it is stated: All the sects will go to the Fire except for one sect. The noble Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! Which group will that be? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one with the Jama‘ah, the one with the Jama‘ah.