1. We were told by Abu Nasr, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Tamim al-Sarakhsi, that he said: We were told by Abu Lubaid, Muhammed bin Idrees al-Shami, that he said: We were told by Ishaq bin Isra’eel, that he said: We were told by Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammed al-Muharibi, that he said: We were told by al-Ifriqi, from Abdullah bin Yazid, from Abdullah bin Umar, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There will come upon my nation that which came upon the sons of Isra’eel, equal by equal. They were, indeed, divided into seventy-two sects, and my nation will be divided into seventy-three sects; they will add one above those. All of them are to be in the Fire, except for one. He said: It was said: O Messenger of Allah, and what is that one? He said: It is what we are upon today, me and my companions.