Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَفَرَّقَتْ عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً فَهَلَكَتْ سَبْعُونَ فِرْقَةً وَخَلَصَتْ فِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَى اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً فَتَهْلِكُ إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ وَتَخْلُصُ فِرْقَةٌ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ تِلْكَ الْفِرْقَةُ قَالَ الْجَمَاعَةُ الْجَمَاعَةُ.
English Translation
Hasan narrated to us: Ibn Lahi'a narrated to us: Khalid ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi Hilal, from Anas ibn Malik: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and seventy sects perished while one sect was saved; and my nation will split into seventy-two sects, of which seventy-one will perish, and one will be saved." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, which is that sect?" He said: "The main body, the main body."