What is the status of the hadeeth “Differences of opinion among my ummah are a mercy”?

Answer

Praise be to 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.

Source: Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
