حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ تَفَرَّقَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated from ‘Awf binMalik that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said

“The Jews split intoseventy-one sects, one of which will be inParadise and seventy inHell. The Christians split into seventy-twosects, seventy-one ofwhich will be in Hell and one in Paradise. Iswear by the One WhoseHand is the soul of Muhammad, my nation willsplit into seventy-threesects, one of which will be in Paradise andseventy-two in Hell.”It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, who arethey?” He said: “Themain body.”