2. Book of Knowledge
٢۔ كِتَابُ الْعِلْمِ
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "What befell the children of Isra'il will befall my Ummah, step by step, such that if there was one who had intercourse with his mother in the open, then there would be someone from my Ummah who would do that. Indeed the children of Isra'il split into seventy-two sects, and my Ummah will split into seventy-three sects. All of them are in the Fire Except one sect." He said: "And which is it O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "What I am upon and my Companions." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2641)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مَا أَتَى عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ حَذْوَ النَّعْلِ بِالنَّعْلِ حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمْ مَنْ نَكَحَ أُمَّهُ عَلَانِيَةً كَانَ فِي أُمَّتِي مِثْلَهُ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ افْتَرَقُوا عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا مِلَّةً وَاحِدَةً» فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا الْوَاحِدَةُ؟ قَالَ «مَا أَنَا عَلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ وَأَصْحَابِي»