| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 6247 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3992 |
| In-book reference | : Book 36, Hadith 67 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 3992 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (saws) 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.
| Grade: | Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) | حسن صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4596 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 1 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4579 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 404 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3993 |
| In-book reference | : Book 36, Hadith 68 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 3993 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 408 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5944 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 200 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 7, Hadith 10685 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 6731 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 10, Hadith 2030 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 1, Hadith 10 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 39, Hadith 37189 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 18, Hadith 19248 |