A baseless hadith "Disagreement among my Ummah is a mercy"

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A baseless hadith "Disagreement among my ummah is a mercy"

Sheikh Albani said in "Silsilat al-Ahadith ad-Da'eefah" ( no. 58 ) :


" Disagreement among my ummah is a mercy "

(BASELESS) The muhadditheen have tried to find an isnaad for it but have not found one, to the extent that Suyooti said in his "al-Jaami' as-Sagheer" : " Perhaps it was collected in one of the books of the huffaadh which did not reach us " !

This suggestion is very far-fetched. since it would mean that some of the sayings of the Prophet have been lost to the ummah forever, something which is not permissable for a Muslim to believe .

Manaawi quoted Subki as saying : "It (i.e. the saying) is not known to the muhadditheen, and I can not find any isnaad for it, whether authentic (saheeh), weak (da'eef) or fabricated (mawdoo) " , and this was endorsed by Sheikh Zakareeyah al-Ansaari in his notes on tafseer al-Baidaawi (92-2) .

Further, the meaning of this hadith is also incorrect as shown by the verifying scholars, hence Ibn Hazm says in al-Ihkam fi Usool al-Ahkam (5-64) after indicating that it is not a hadith :

" This is one of the most incorrect sayings possible, since if disagreement (ikhtilaf) was a mercy, then agreement would be punishment, something which no Muslim would say, because there can be only agreement or disagreement, and there can only be mercy or punishment " .

This saying also contradicts the Quraan, which has condemned ikhtilaf in many places .

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