Sheikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan حفظه الله تعالى said:
The correct Aqidah (creed) is that which the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم came with and called to.
He عليه الصلاة والسلام clarified that:
"The Ummah will split into 73 sects, all of them will be in the Hellfire except one." They asked: "Who are they O Messenger of Allaah?" He said: "Whoever is upon that which I and my companions are upon today." - At-Tirmidhi (#2641).
So, whoevers belief is in accordance to the belief of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and his companions, then he is saved from the punishment of Allaah and will enter Paradise. Therefore, the sect that adheres to this Aqidah (creed) and is firm upon it is called: "The Saved Sect". The reason it is called this name is because it is (the one which is) saved from the punishment of Allaah, out of the 73 sects.
As for the remaining sects, then they are in the Hellfire, and refuge in Allaah is sought.
Therefore, the saved sect is Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa'ah in every time, beginning from the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه و سلم and his companions رضي الله عنهم, up until the last of this Ummah, when the Hour will be established, as it occurs in the Hadeeth:
"There will not cease to be a group from my ummah manifest upon the truth. They will not be harmed by those that forsake them, nor those that oppose them, until the order of Allaah comes and they are upon that." - Muslim (#5059), Abu Dawud (#4254), ibn Maajah (#10), Ahmed (4/97).
- Mujmal Aqidatus Salaf As-Saalih pg 6-7
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