Know that the Messenger of Allaah (3alayhi-s-Salaam) warned about 72 sects that would deviate from the correct path of the Muslims. That path is the way of Ahlu-s-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaa3ah, Ahlu-s-Sunnah for short. They are referred to in a hadiyth:
فليلزم الجماعة فمن أراد بحبوحة الجنة
“Whoever wishes for the luxuries of Paradise, then let him stick to the Jamaa3ah,” (At-Tirmithiyy). The Prophet (3alayhi-s-Salaam) taught his Companions that 72 out of 73 different sects would deserve Hellfire, and one would deserve Paradise. His Companions asked him about that single group, and he (3alayhi-s-Salaam) told them, “The Jamaa3ah.”
Ahlu-s-Sunnah, the People of the Prophet’s Method, is the group with the largest following. In one hadiyth, the Prophet (3alayhi-s-Salaam) said,
فإذا رأيتم اختلافا فعليكم بالسواد الأعظم
"If you see (unacceptable) differences among you, then adhere to As-Sawaadu-l-A3dham (the vast majority)” (Ibn Maajah). These different narrations of hadiyth comply with each other. There is no contradiction between that single guided group being the Jamaa3ah and being As-Sawaadu-l-A3dham. “Jamaa3ah” means “group”, and must be explained to comply with the other hadiyths, so in this context it means the majority.
In another narration, the Prophet (3alayhi-s-Salaam) named that group:
ما أنا عليه و أصحابي
“(The group which is upon) what my Companions and I are upon.” There is still no conflict in the different descriptions of Ahlu-s-Sunnah. Historically, the majority of Muslims have always had the same belief since the time of the Companions, who never disagreed about the belief between themselves. Never has the majority disagreed about the correct belief, and we challenge anyone to bring the evidence that such a thing ever occurred. Until today, 75% to 80% of the nation has the same belief, and from that we can know that the so-called Salafiyys are deviant people, since they consider most of the Muslims throughout the world as mushrikuwn and bad innovators.
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