Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of hadith on 73 Muslim sects

“Maulana, a hadith says that the Jews will split into 71 sects, Christians into 72 sects, and Muslims into 73 sects, meaning Muslims will be more than Jews and Christians. What does this mean?”Asked by مولانا اقبال عمری, تمل ناڈو

He answers at 1:09:41 in Collective Repentance I · 1 min 38 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:09:41
maulana, agla sawal maulana iqbal umri ka aya hai tamil nadu se. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, ek hadith mein aya hai ke yahood 71, nasari 72 sects aur musalman 73 sects ho jayenge, yani musalman yahood aur nasari plus ho jayenge. is ka kya matlab hai?" dekhen, yeh ginti ka muamla nahi hai. 71, 72, 73 jo hai yeh yeh to ek ilamati gintiyan hain. matlab ke musalmanon mein jo bigad aayega woh yahood o nasari se bhi zyada aayega.
1:10:30
aur yeh aap dekhte the, waqea yeh waqea aaj ban chuka hai. is ki wajah hai ke yahood o nasari ka jo mazhab aya, us waqt mawaqe bahut kam hote the. ab mawaqe bahut badh gaye aur logon ke paas paisa bhi hai, power bhi hai, communication bhi hai, har cheez bahut zyada, bahut zyada ho gayi. to jab mawaqe badhenge to zahir hai ke bigad bhi badhega, azadi ko wasool karna bhi badhega. yeh ummat ek aise daur mein pahunchne wali thi jab ke mawaqe ki farawani ho jayegi.
1:11:05
to mawaqe ki jab farawani hogi to bigad bhi bahut zyada badh jayega. it is but natural, yeh koi purasrar cheez nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal chennai se hai imtiaz sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, kya dawat mein islam ko sabit karne ke liye bible aur gita wagerah ka istemal kar sakte hain?" nahi, main is tareeqe se ittefaq nahi karta.
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