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Question
What is the status of the hadeeth “Differences of opinion among my ummah are a mercy”?
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah:
This hadeeth is mawdoo’ (fabricated).
See al-Asraar al-Marfoo’ah, 506; Tanzeeh al-Sharee’ah, 2/402; al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah, 11.
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