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Sunan Abi DawudHasan Sahih (Al-Albani)

سنن أبي داود

Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 4596

Read the original Arabic and English translation of this hadith from Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah), with its chapter, grading, and reference kept together.

In-book entry
1

Chapter 1

Chapter context: Explanation of the Sunnah

باب شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

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 ‏

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Translation

English translation

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

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.

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 4596 in Sunan Abi Dawud. It appears in Book 42, Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah), as in-book entry 1 under the chapter “Explanation of the Sunnah.”

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Reference details

Collection
Sunan Abi Dawud
In-book entry
1

Source and grading notes

Sunan Abi Dawud 4596 In-book : Book 42, Hadith 1 English translation : Book 41, Hadith 4579

Al-Albani:
Hasan Sahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid:
Hasan Sahih
Shuaib Al Arnaut:
Hasan Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai:
Isnaad Hasan

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