the fifth evidence is the legitimacy of their saying the messenger of god may god bless him and grant him peace said my nation will split into seventyodd sects only one of which will be saved. it was said who are they? he said the people of the sunnah and the community. it was said what are the sunnah and the community? he said what i and my companions are upon now. they said what were they upon?
الدلالة الخامسة وهي شرعية قولهم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ستفترق امتي نيفا وسبعين فرقة الناجية منها واحدة فقيل ومن هم فقال اهل السنة والجماعة فقيل وما السنة والجماعة قال ما أنا الآن عليه وأصحابي قالوا وما كانوا