وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ ، وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
" افْتَرَقَتْ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوْ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً ، وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Jews were divided into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and my Ummah will be divided into seventy-three sects.