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Chapter 9: Misguided and Corrupt Groups (Sects)

Important Note of Caution

It has been mentioned in the Hadith:

(سَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِيْ ثَلٰثًا وَسَبْعِیْنَ فِرْقَۃً کُلُّھُمْ فِيْ النَّارِ إلاَّ وَاحِدَۃً.)

‘This (my) Ummah will be divided into 73 sects.

 All of them will go to hell, except one.’

When the companions of the Prophet  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم heard this, they enquired:

''مَنْ ھُمْ یَا رَسُوْلَ اللہِ؟''

‘Who are they, O Prophet of Allah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم?’

The Holy Prophet  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم replied:

(مَا أَنَا عَلَیْہِ وَأَصْحَابِيْ.)

‘Those who follow my way and the way of my companions’

In other words, the followers of my Sunnah

In another narration the Prophet  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said: (ھُمُ الْجَمَاعَۃُ.) ‘They are the Congregation’.

‘The Jama’at’ here, refers to the ‘Sawaad-e-Azam’, meaning the huge Jama’at of true Muslims. The Prophet  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم also mentioned that anyone who separates from the righteous group will be deserving of hell. It is for this reason that this group of devoted followers are known as the ‘Ahle Sunnat wa Jama’at’.

Note: This section is of utmost importance if a person intends to keep his or her Imaan intact in this present day and age.

There are many misguided and corrupt sects that do not exist in India (or anywhere else) in this day and age, so there is no need and no benefit in discussing those who have ceased to exist. The corrupt beliefs of those who exist in this day and age is being briefly discussed, so that the unsuspecting masses may be protected from their schemes and deceit, for it has been mentioned in the Hadith Shareef:

(إِ یَّاکُمْ وَإِ یَّاھُمْ لَا یُضِلُّوْنَکُمْ وَلَا یَفْتِنُوْنَکُمْ.)

‘Stay away from them and keep them away from you, so that they may not cause you to be misguided or plunged into corruption.’

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