Awf bin Maalik narrated:
"The Prophet (saw) said: "the jews divided into 71 sects, 1 is in Jannah and 70 are in hellfire, , the Christians were divided into 72 sects, …, by the one whose hand my soul is in, My Ummah will be divided into 73 sects, 72 are in hellfire." The Sahabah asked "who are the saved sect?" he (saw) said: "Al Jama'ah"." [Sunan ibn Majah 3982, Kitab Al Fitan]
According to the Hadith;
The Jews were divided into 72 (or 71) sects, all are in hellfire, except 1 sect, they are Moses and his companions.
The Christians were divided in to 72 sects, all in hellfire, except 1 sect, they are Jesus and his companions,
Similarly the Muslim Ummah, is divided in to 73 sects, all in hellfire, except 1 sect, they are Muhammad and his companions.
So the only Sect that will be saved is the Ahl al-Sunnah, which both Shia's and Sunnis (and other sects) claim to be.
now you have tried to tell me that the Shia are not the correct followers of the Sunnah, how do I know? I cannot just accept your biased view.
those Sunni's who call themselves "Ahl al-Sunnah wal Jama`ah" are the ones who believe in the legitimacy of the four "righteous caliphs," namely Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali.
We have come to the understand that;
1. only one section of Islam will enter heaven, the rest will enter hell.
2. the followers of the Sunnah will enter heaven, so they must be the one sect.
3. we dont know who are the "correct" followers of that Sunnah, as every Muslim sect claims to be its true keeper.
So are we to take a risk of eternal punishment to guess what sect the one may be?
humble_guest Wrote
In actuality, while Sunnis and Shiites do differ about some things, especially whose hadiths to accept, the Sunni is not a disbeliever according to the Shiite nor is the Shiite a disbeliever according to a Sunni.
While there is a division, we don't say one is going to Hell and the other to Heaven even though some may be misguided from the others' opinion, and in that regard we say that both are saved.
Lets take a closer look.
The Shia say Abu Bakr Umar and Uthmaan robbed Ali of his position of being Khalif.
They say Umar was a 'Original Kaafir' and 'Zindiq'-renegrade.
They say one should dissociate with the 4 idols: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthmaan, Muawiyya and 4 women Ayesha, Hafsa, Harid, Umm-al-Hakam.
One should curse the above after each prayer.
Abu Bakr and Umar are Kaafirs
Abu Bakr and Umar are worse than Shaithaan and they are dwellers of Hell.
Ayesha and Hafsa are both Hypocrites
Ayesha and Hafsa - Poisoned Mohammed before his death.
Now lets see some of the Shia thoughts concerning Sunnis in general.
Most dirty and polluted left over water is that of a sunni.
Not permissable to marry sunni because they are Kaafir.
Cannot eat animal slaughtered by sunni.
Sunnis created from soul of Jahannam.
Shia's created from soul of Jannat.
References:
(1.) "Manlaa Yahuruldul Faqiah" - Vol 1. P8.( 2.) Tahdhidul Akaam/ Ibid Vol 3 P258. (3.) Ibid.( 4.) Usul - e- Kafi. (5.) Ibid.
The majority of sunni's believe shia's are not Muslim and vice versa.
Peace for now