(17) باب افْتِرَاقِ الأُمَمِ
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
"The Jews split into seventy-one sects and my nation willsplitinto seventy-three sects." (FR)
Reference (FR): Sunan Ibn Majah 3991 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 36, Hadith 66 (FR)
English translation (FR): Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 3991 (FR)