. The Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: "The best of people is my generation and then those follow them and then those who follow them, then lies will be widespread." Saheeh: Related by al-Bukhaaree (no. 2652) and Muslim (no. 2533). Anas (ra) reports that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said : ".... And my Ummah will divide into 73 sects, all of them in the fire, except for one." So it was said: " O Messenger of Allah, who are they?" so he said: "They are those who are upon what I am upon today and my companions." Ibn Maajah, declared Saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani To find out how the Islam we practice in our region (West Africa) relates to what the Prophet (Saw) was upon, please visit www.therighteouspath.com _________________________________________________________________ Share holiday photos without swamping your Inbox. Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~