Free Rhenish States II wrote:Mahdistan wrote:There are no 'sides' in Islam- there is only Islam
Should you have forgotten that hadith, I will remind you.
Imām al-Barbahārī (V died 329 AH) stated: “Know that Allah’s Messenger (H) said: “My ummah will divide into 73 sects, all of them will be in the Fire except for one, and that is the Jamā’ah.” It was said, “And who are they, O Allah’s Messenger?” He responded, “That which I and my Companions are upon today.”
There are sides everywhere, especially in Islam. Either you choose the right path or the path of the deviant eclectic sectarians, or the goddamn "moderates". Tertium non datur.
It's narrated in several Hadiths in Bukhari, Muslim, and Muwatta. It even says in the Quran Allah will purfiy the Muslims from the Murtadeen, Sahwat, and Munafiqeen.