Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28798

Al-Hussein bin Harith Abu Ammar narrated to us, Al-Fadl bin Musa narrated to us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Amr, on the authority of Abu Salamah, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “The Jews were divided into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and the Christians were like that.” And my nation will be divided into seventy-three sects.” And on the subject, on the authority of Saad, Abdullah bin Amr, and Awf bin Malik. Abu Issa said. The hadith of Abu Hurairah is a good and authentic hadith.