Question:

Can you list the different sects of Islam that you are aware of?
I know that none existed at the time of prophet(PBUH) .But some one told me 73 sects will exist before the last day. Just wondering how many have so far been documented. P.S I am for One God, One Ummah...

Answers:

A-Best: sunnis shias sufis wahabis salafis ahmadias rafidahs? berelvis unity fans lol  

A: One Ummah refers to the Ummah of Muslims (= Sunnis) Deviant sects: 1. Shias 2.Submitters 3.Qadianis (Ahmadis) 4.Soofis For more info visit: http://www.islamawareness.net/Deviant/ @ those who are saying Sunnis are a sect Sunni is not a sect. This term is only used when Muslims feel they need to protect their beliefs from other deviant sects who also claim to be Muslims.  

A: One Allah, One Message, One Qibla, One Ummah  

A: Sunni, Shia, Sufi  

A: The main ones that I know are Sunni, Shia, and Alawi (a branch of Shi'aism)... There are more, but I do not know much about them or their beliefs.  

A: First of all don't say differen't sects of ISLAM,ISLAM is only one truth,say different sects of people,its people who divide the truth,the truth can only be one.  

A: Mutazila (extinct/disproven) Khawarij (extinct/disproven/destroyed) Qadianism (barely alive/disproven) Shiaism (getting stronger/in conflict/lots of disproven instances) Sunnism (Established, and secure/ 80-90 percent of the world today) Wahhabism (Alive) Salafism (Alive) Sufism (Closely related to sunnism, although many will argue that it has roots in shiaism)  

A: Shia Sunni Ahmadi WOAH 73 OMGEEE! well i knw 3 so 70 left to knw ...  

A: sunni is not a sect, everysect out there who goes against the Qur'aan and sunnah, Allah swt is watching over all of us  

A: brelvi,deobandi,ismaili,bohras,athari, ashari,akhbari, shafi,maliki,hanfi, sunnism is not a sect ,if its not religion either !  

A: Sunni and Shia