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there are plenty of demanding students and what made me returned to spreading knowledge in Naysabur
(Nishapur) after a long interval. I am proceeding to answer your request, for I recognize that your
desire is
genuine. In this I seek the help of Allah and trust in Him; I ask His succor and take refuge with
Him.
the religious leaders, with all the multiplicity of sects and variety of practices,
constitute ocean depths in
which the majority drown and only a minority reach safety. Each separate group thinks
as the Koran
indicates, that it alone is saved, and `each party is rejoicing in what they have‟ (Koran 23, 55;
30:32). This is
what was promised by the master of the Messengers the praise and veneration of Allah upon him, for
he is
the truthful and trustworthy, when he said,
“My nation will be split up into seventy-three sects, and only one of them is saved”
Which was reported by Ahmed, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maja, and Tirmithi. And what he foretold has indeed
(Nishapur) after a long interval. I am proceeding to answer your request, for I recognize that your
desire is
genuine. In this I seek the help of Allah and trust in Him; I ask His succor and take refuge with
Him.
the religious leaders, with all the multiplicity of sects and variety of practices,
constitute ocean depths in
which the majority drown and only a minority reach safety. Each separate group thinks
as the Koran
indicates, that it alone is saved, and `each party is rejoicing in what they have‟ (Koran 23, 55;
30:32). This is
what was promised by the master of the Messengers the praise and veneration of Allah upon him, for
he is
the truthful and trustworthy, when he said,
“My nation will be split up into seventy-three sects, and only one of them is saved”
Which was reported by Ahmed, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maja, and Tirmithi. And what he foretold has indeed