Muʿawiyah b. Abi Sufiyan stood among us and said: Beware! The Apostle of Allah 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 ʿAmr added in their version : “ There will appear among my community people who will be dominated by desires like rabies which penetrates its patient”, ʿAmr’s version has: “penetrates its patient. There remains no vein and no joint but it penetrates it.”  

أَلاَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِينَا فَقَالَ أَلاَ إِنَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ افْتَرَقُوا عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمِلَّةَ سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ ثِنْتَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ الْجَمَاعَةُ زَادَ ابْنُ يَحْيَى وَعَمْرٌو فِي حَدِيثَيْهِمَا وَإِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ تَجَارَى بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الأَهْوَاءُ كَمَا يَتَجَارَى الْكَلْبُ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو الْكَلْبُ بِصَاحِبِهِ لاَ يَبْقَى مِنْهُ عِرْقٌ وَلاَ مَفْصِلٌ إِلاَّ دَخَلَهُ  

[Machine] We acquire knowledge that Allah, the Almighty, has taught us. Muawiya said, "If I had preceded you, I would have cut off a faction from you." Then, he stood up when he prayed the Dhuhr prayer in Mecca and said, "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Indeed, the people of the Scripture have divided in their religion into seventy-two sects, and this Ummah will divide into seventy-three, all of them in the Fire except for one, and it is the Jama'ah (the united group).' And there will emerge from my Ummah people who will trade with their desires just as the dog trades with its tongue. Not a vein or joint will remain except that they will enter it. By Allah, O Arabs, if you do not adhere to what Muhammad ﷺ came with, then there is nothing more deserving for you not to adhere to." "These are chains of narrators that are used as evidence in confirming the authenticity of this Hadith, and this Hadith has been narrated from Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-'As and Amr bin 'Awf Al-Muzani through two separate chains of narration. One of them is singled out by Abdurrahman bin Ziyad Al-Afriqi, and the other is Ka'thir bin Abdullah Al-Muzani. They are not considered as evidence." These are the chains of narrators that are used as evidence in confirming the authenticity.  

نُنْشِئُ عِلْمًا عَلَمَنَاهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لَوْ كُنْتُ تَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكَ لَقَطَعْتُ مِنْكَ طَائِفَةً ثُمَّ قَامَ حِينَ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَفَرَّقُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ عَلَى اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً وَهِيَ الْجَمَاعَةُ وَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ تَتَجَارَى بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الْأَهْوَاءُ كَمَا يَتَجَارَى الْكَلْبُ بِصَاحِبِهِ فَلَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ عِرْقٌ وَلَا مَفْصِلٌ إِلَّا دَخَلَهُ وَاللَّهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ لَغَيْرُ ذَلِكَ أَحْرَى أَنْ لَا تَقُومُوا بِهِ» «هَذِهِ أَسَانِيدُ تُقَامُ بِهَا الْحُجَّةُ فِي تَصْحِيحِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ بِإِسْنَادَيْنِ تَفَرَّدَ بِأَحَدِهِمَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْأَفْرِيقِيُّ وَالْآخَرُ كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيُّ وَلَا تَقُومُ بِهِمَا الْحُجَّةُ» هذه أسانيد تقوم بها الحجة  

[Machine] Muawiyah, if I had approached you before this period, I would have cut off a part of you, then I would have stood up and prayed Dhuhr in Makkah. Then he said: The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The people of the Book divided into seventy-two sects, and this nation will divide into seventy-three sects, all of them are in the Fire except one, which is the group (Al-Jama'ah)." And he said: "There will come out from my nation people who deal with desires as the dog deals with its master. Not a vein or a joint will be left except that they enter it." By Allah, O Arabs, if you do not uphold what Muhammad, ﷺ , brought, then others among the people are more deserving of upholding it.  

مُعَاوِيَةُ لَوْ كُنْتُ تَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكَ قَبْلَ مُدَّتِي هَذِهِ لَقَطَعْتُ مِنْكَ طَائِفًا ثُمَّ قَامَ حَتَّى صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ بِمَكَّةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ افْتَرَقُوا عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ سَتَفْتَرُقُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً يَعْنِي الْأَهْوَاءَ وَكُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً وَهِيَ الْجَمَاعَةُ» وَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ تَتَجَارَى بِهِمُ الْأَهْوَاءُ كَمَا يَتَجَارَى الْكَلْبُ بِصَاحِبِهِ فَلَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ عِرْقٌ وَلَا مَفْصِلٌ إِلَّا دَخَلَهُ» وَاللهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ لَغَيْرُكُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحْرَى أَنْ لَا يَقُومَ بِهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, the people of the Book divided into seventy-two sects in their book, and this Ummah (nation) will divide into seventy-three sects, all of which are in the Fire except one, and that is the group. And indeed, there will emerge from my Ummah (nation) people who will interpret these desires just as the dog licks its owner's hand, and there will not remain a vein or joint except that they will enter it."  

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ افْتَرَقُوا فِي كِتَابِهِمْ عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً يَعْنِي الْأَهْوَاءَ كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً وَهِيَ الْجَمَاعَةُ وَإِنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ فِي أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ تُجَارِي بِهِمُ تِلْكَ الْأَهْوَاءُ كَمَا يَتَجَارَى الْكَلْبُ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَلَا يَبْقَى عِرْقٌ وَلَا مَفْصِلٌ إِلَّا دَخَلَهُ»  

"أَلَا إِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الكتَابِ افْتَرَقُوا عَلى ثِنتينِ وسَبْعينَ مِلَّةً، وَإنَّ هذِه الأمَّةَ سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وسَبْعينَ، ثِنْتَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ في النَّارِ، وَوَاحِدَةٌ فَى الجنَّة، وهِى الْجَمَاعَةُ، وَإِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ أُمَّتِى أَقْوَامٌ تَجَارَى بِهمْ تِلْكَ الأَهْوَاءُ كَمَا يتَجارَى الْكَلَبُ بِصَاحِبهِ، لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ عِرْق، وَلَا مَفْصِلٌ إِلَّا دَخَلَهُ ".  

"إِنَّ أَهل الْكتِابينِ افترقُوا في دِينِهم علَى ثِنتينِ وسبعِين ملَّةً، وإِنَّ هذه الأُمَّة ستفترِقُ علَى ثلاثٍ وسبعِين مِلَّةً، وكُلُّها في النَّارِ إِلَّا واحِدةً، وهِى الْجماعةُ، وإِنَّها ستخرجٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِى أَقْوام تتجارى بِهِم تلك الأهواءُ كما يتَجارى الكَلَبُ بصاحبه، فَلا يبقَى مِنْهُ عِرق، وَلا مَفْصَل إِلَّا دخَلَهُ".