Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) — Hadith #4596

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Sunan Abi Dawud:Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah):Hadith 4596
حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ افْتَرَقَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوْ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَتَفَرَّقَتِ النَّصَارَى عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوْ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏

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.

Chain of Narration (Isnad)
Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي → Yazid bin Ibrahim al-Tstry يزيد بن إبراهيم التستري → Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah b. Abi Mulayka عبد الله بن عبيد الله بن أبي مليكة → al-Qasim ibn Muhammad القاسم بن محمد بن أبي بكر الصديق → Aisha bint Abi Bakr

Chain Family Tree

5 narrators from originator to compiler

Hadith Grading

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Traditional grade: Hasan