A book to learn history of sects in islam and their deviation. Oct 03, 2015 a book to learn history of sects in islam and their deviation. Any moslem can u tell the names of the 73 sects in. Pdf 73 sect narration in the light of quran, hadees and facts. Indeed, the believers should try to exert their best efforts to be on the path of truth. There are a group of hadith narrations, not found in albukhari and muslim, but found in various other collections, in which the prophet muhammad mentions that the muslims will divide into 73 groups, 72 of which will enter the hellfire, meaning that only one among these 73 groups will be saved. In the name of allah most beneficent most merciful peace and blessings of allah be upon the prophet muhammad, his family and companions and those who followed him in ihsaan. Followers of abuljarud, they believe prophet pbuh designated ali ra as the imam by his characteristics but not by name.
The followers of hazrat mirza ghulam ahmed of qadian as. Is this statement correct the right path is the path of the ahli sunnati wal jamaa, and we know this because in a hadith the prophet salallahu alaihi wassalam said. I really enjoyed the actual pdf you wrote on the 73 sects. In this hadith the prophet pbuh is reported to have said, my community will be split up into seventythree sects. History of the sects of islam indeed, the believers should try to exert their best efforts to be on the path of truth. Two i used to produce the following list are those of islamic encyclopedia published by munshi. The muslims are divided into two major sects, namely the sunnis and the shias. Cults, sects and branches of islam apologetics index.
The influence of the 73 sects hadith on the classification of theological sects in islamic heresiographical literature this article deals with the questions that would be arisen in ones mind. Know that allahs messenger salallahu alaihi wasallam said. My ummah will divide into 73 sects, all of them will be in the fire except for one, and. No wonder the very altitude of sectarian muslims is negative. Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects, you o. But he did not say that muslims should be active in dividing themselves into sects. Abdu llah ibn umar relates that the prophet said verily it will happen to my people even as it did to the children of israel. And what difference is there, is in theinterpretation of some of the. This shows that there is variation of the hadith reported on the 73 sects. Clearly, according to these newspapers there existed 73 sections in islam, one jamaateahmadiyya and the rest of the 72. Followers of sulaiman ibnjarir alzaidi, they believed imamat was a matter of conference and could be. The majority of those arent sects of islam but rather offshoots of islam. Although sunnis make up the majority of muslims, not every muslim belongs to the same islamic sect. Islamic fundamentalism is referred to as islamism, a totalitarian ideology that has given rise.
The rest of the 72 sects were unanimous and happy and formed a party a set excluding the one the other set from islam. Taqi aldin alnabhani and the islamic liberation party pdf. Jan 31, 2012 salam really your quoted hadith is valid but muhammad pbuh did not disclose the full names of 71 sects of judaism,72 sects of christianity and 73 sects of islam but he said that only one sect followers who will enter the heaven which was not elaborated its name. Although 99 names of allah are in arabic but there english meanings and explanations are given in e book. Any moslem can u tell the names of the 73 sects in islam. What people normally refer to as sects are usually schools of jurisprudence, schools of philosophy, popular movements. Yasir qadhi answers these crucial questions, and more, in his latest lecture entitled reflections on the hadeeth of the 73 sects. The children of israel were divided into seventytwo sects, and my people will be divided into seventythree. Islam has become a fairy tale instead of a religon that. When people say sect, theyre usually thinking about christian sects. But i think the one sect is the sect where its loyal followers will obey to all of. Muslim sects, sub sects of islam, types of sunni and shia. Many muslims might not be aware of the interesting diversity of teaching in the world of islam.
Those who follow the teachings of the quran and sahih hadith, and do not create sects are the people who are on the true path. This website is for people of various faiths who seek to understand islam and muslims. Babis followed the bab gate who was a man named ali muhammad, born in 1821 who claimed to be the forerunner for the 12th imam returned in 1844 a. There is a hadith by the prophet muhammad that islam will be divided into 73 sects but only one will go to heaven. Mar 17, 2004 islamic sects are not simply denominations, if that word is understood to mean various valid approaches to the same religion. All this discord fitna literarywar is done in the name following narration. List of those 73 sects of islam which were prophesized by. Every one of these sects will go to the hell fire, except the one which was followed by the prophet saws and his companions r. These political divisions are well known as sunni islam, shia islam and khariji islam. Sunni means tradition, and sunnis regard themselves as those who emphasize following the traditions of muhammad and of the first two. Islamic sects are not simply denominations, if that word is understood to mean various valid approaches to the same religion. The other sects are like barracudas waiting to pounce on ahmadis everywhere and slaughter them like the quraish used to behave during the prophets time.
Name of the sects in islam and their basic beliefs 73. It is the main body as it is the only body of muslims who practice islam the way it was practiced in the days of holy prophet saw. According on hadith a person who memorizes 99 names of allah will be in paradise. All muslim sects happily claim that their sect is the saved one naji and the others are destined for hell. Hadith of the 73 sects in light of the holy quran islam. In both, the quran and ahadeeth there many laws which are totally evident and understandable, but there are also those laws which require extensive knowledge and expertise to be understood. Like other religions, islam has a number of cults and sects. Pdf this article deals with the influence of the 73 sects. The prophet saws prophecized that there will come a time that islam will be divided into seventythree sects, and unfortunately we live in those times today. It fulfills its historic and civil role by keeping contemporary muslim in touch with religious principles, clarifying the right way, removing doubts concerning religious and worldly.
All the others are basically offshoots and unislamic. It is not clear whether they form the separate sect or are an offshoot of the shia sect. Salam really your quoted hadith is valid but muhammad pbuh did not disclose the full names of 71 sects of judaism,72 sects of christianity and 73 sects of islam but he said that only one sect followers who will enter the heaven which was not elaborated its name. Kitab lajawaab masmay bamazhab al islam by hakeem maulvi muhammad najam alghani. Get pdf 3 get epub 4 get mobi 5 introduction in the name of allah, the bene.
Dec 12, 2010 the muslims are divided into two major sects, namely the sunnis and the shias. Sunni islam is separated into four main schools of jurisprudence, namely, hanafi, maliki, shafii, hanbali. I do not belive anyone can compile a listing of all 73 islamic sects as there is no full proof that the islamic sects number 73. January 2009 version in discussing any religion, it is important to differentiate between the original teaching and the offshoots. Clear contradictions in some sahih hadith, even in hadith of sahih bukhari and sahih. A muslims islamic beliefs may take one of these forms. Imam azam actually indicated towards the statement of the prophet sallallahu alyhiwasalam about the division of ummah into 73 sects and then only one group will be saved while the rest in hell. This one group is known as alfirqa alnajiya the group that attains salvation. He did not say that muslims should be active in dividing themselves into sects. There is an hadith that there will be 73 sects of islam and out of 73 sects one sect will be in true path and rest of the 72 sects will be in wrong path.
My ummah will divide into 73 sects, all of them will be in the fire except for one this narration is authentic when its various chains and wordings are gathered together. In the name of allah, the beneficent, the merciful there is no difference of opinion amongst muslim sects that the religion of allah is islam. The hadith you are referring to is authentic, and has multiple versions with different grades. Anyone who holds a beleif outside the islamic aqeeda is simply not a moslem. Shia islam is the secondlargest denomination of islam, comprising 1020% of the total muslim population. It contains a lot of brief, yet informative articles about different aspects of islam. Its hard to know which one to go withshias say authentic hadith says imam ali is after the prophet. Christians too should know about the people in different sects of islam to better understand how they. May 23, 2012 haneef list of those 73 sects of islam which were prophesized by holy prophet saw points to majority. It was compiled in jami attirmidhi hadiths 2640 and 2641, sunan abi dawud hadiths 4596 and 4597, sunan ibn majah hadiths 3991 and 3992 and 3993, musnad ahmad hadith 2332, almustadrak hadith 61, as well as numerous other books of hadith. Oct 27, 2017 the base of all the sects are the six groups, and then each group is divided into 12 sects, and when 6 is multiplied by 12 it equals to 72 sects. Oct 03, 2015 the base of all the sects are the six groups, and then each group is divided into 12 sects, and when 6 is multiplied by 12 it equals to 72 sects.
Sects in islam a number of lists are seen in the literature 6062 giving the names of the sects. It has been the premier institute to represent islam and the international flagship for islamic legal research. Last questions why do people divide themselves into sects. Feb 08, 2009 this hadith reports that the prophet predicted the emergence of seventythree sects.
On the other hand munshi mehboob alim has included in his list, sects which rejects some of the. These schools are named after abu hanifa, malik bin anas, alshafii, and ahmad ibn hanbal, respectively. These two are major sects but there are some other sects in muslims. My ummah will divide into 73 sects, all of them will be in the fire except for one this narration is authentic when its. Each sect developed several distinct jurisprudence systems reflecting their own understanding of the islamic law during the course of the history of islam. You must have heard the hadeeth about islamic sects,prophets word. If there are 73 sects in islam, and prophet muhammadpbuh.
Could you please enlight on this because all sects are claiming that they are in right path. They believe in the finality of prophethood of the holy prophet pbuh and that he was the seal of the all the prophets. Dec 03, 2018 73 sects, which one is the saved sect. You can imagine every group that believes in such narrations rushing to make claims. The base of all the sects are the six groups, and then each group is divided into 12 sects, and when 6 is multiplied by 12 it equals to 72 sects. In the beginning islam was classically divided into three major sects. There is an hadith that there will be 73 sects of islamhelpline.
On the unreliability of the hadith narrations mentioning. What is the difference between sunni, shea, curdish, f. There is an hadith that there will be 73 sects of islam and out of 73 sects one sect will be in true path sahih muslim hadith 1885 narrated by jabir ibn abdullah. This book, devils deception is particularily frecommended to a new muslim,who gets confused about the different sects in islam. Although a minority in the muslim world, shia muslims constitute the majority of the muslim populations in iran, iraq, lebanon, bahrain and azerbaijan as well as significant minorities in syria, turkey, eastern africa, south asia, yemen, and saudi arabia and other parts of the persian gulf. The famous hadith that says islam will seperate into 73 sects of which only one will be saved is a tool of arogancy used by all sects and it stops openminded thinking by people, and i do not belive that this hadith is sahih as it goes against the justice of allah. Jul 06, 2018 i really enjoyed the actual pdf you wrote on the 73 sects. Two i used to produce the following list are those of islamic encyclopedia published by munshi mehboob alim 60 and that of abumansur albaghdadi 61. Thanks to imran ali, andrzej mendel, farshad tami, sajjad for corrections. Does that mean after all our faith in the world were gonna end up in hell just for being the wrong sect. The glorious quran commands us not to create sects. This hadith reports that the prophet predicted the emergence of seventythree sects. The one who says that each of the seventytwo sects is guilty of kufr that puts one beyond the pale of islam is going against the quraan and sunnah and the consensus of the sahaabah may allaah be pleased with them all, and the consensus of the four imams and others. It derives its name from abdulqadir gilani 1077 1166, a native of the.
For instance we have the ismailis, zaydis, twelvers etc in shiaism. It was compiled in jami attirmidhi hadiths 2640 and 2641, sunan abi dawud hadiths 4596 and 4597, sunan ibn majah hadiths 3991 and 3992 and 3993, musnad ahmad hadith 2332, almustadrak hadith 61, as well as numerous other books of hadith the hadith was narrated with essentially two versions. Ghulat sects the most innovative ones alawites drink wine and believe in a trinity of mohammed, ali, and saliman alfarisi. This article summarizes the different branches and schools in islam. Also in the ahle sunnah we have the deobandies, sunnis, wahaab. I welcome everyone to this group named discover islam in description, it is to discover islam from 73 sects. This is an ongoing, evolving diagram which we hope to add to. As it has been predicted by prophet it is sure that it will happen and ummah will be divided into 73 sects. Muhammad is related to have prophesied that his followers would be divided into numerous religious sects. You can imagine every group that believes in such narrations rushing to make claims of being the one sect.
Jan 28, 2004 aslaamalaikum brothers and sisters, does anyone know what the names of the 73 sects of islam are. Following e book contains the 99 names of allah and also meanings of 99 names of allah in english language. On the unreliability of the hadith narrations mentioning 73. Indeed the children of israeel split up into 72 sects, and my ummah will split up into 73 sects.