سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الملاحمBattles (Kitab Al-Malahim)
باب مَا يُذْكَرُ فِي قَرْنِ الْمِائَةِChapter: Description Of Happenings In Every Century.
Hadith 4291
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ شَرَاحِيلَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُعَافِرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِيمَا أَعْلَمُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ كُلِّ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مَنْ يُجَدِّدُ لَهَا دِينَهَا " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ لَمْ يَجُزْ بِهِ شَرَاحِيلَ .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah will raise for this community at the end of every hundred years the one who will renovate its religion for it. Abu Dawud said: Abdur-Rahman bin Shuriah al-Iskandarani has also transmitted this tradition, but he did not exceed Shrahil.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This is a great favor that such righteous people have arisen in the Ummah, and in the future as well, there will be those who will render such services in matters of religion that are extremely important and necessary.
However, it is not necessary that they themselves are aware of this, or that they are introduced among the people, or that they go about publicizing themselves.
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Rather, this quality will be recognized among the scholars of truth through their noble services.
It is possible that such a person may be a mujahid, a ruler, or a caller (da‘i) to Islam.
This is a great favor that such righteous people have arisen in the Ummah, and in the future as well, there will be those who will render such services in matters of religion that are extremely important and necessary.
However, it is not necessary that they themselves are aware of this, or that they are introduced among the people, or that they go about publicizing themselves.
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Rather, this quality will be recognized among the scholars of truth through their noble services.
It is possible that such a person may be a mujahid, a ruler, or a caller (da‘i) to Islam.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4291
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Authentication of the Hadith:
Its chain of narration is Hasan (good).
➊ At the beginning of every century, such people will be raised who are sound in creed, steadfast Muslims, and eminent scholars of the Book and Sunnah. Through them, Allah, the Exalted, will renew His religion, that is, propagate the true path and refute innovations. This could be a single person or a group; in fact, the opinion that it is a group is more preponderant.
➋ Who are the renewers (mujaddidun), and what were their names in previous centuries? There is no clear evidence regarding this, therefore, it is better to remain silent.
◄ Many people, in order to elevate their own status, have included their preferred individuals among the mujaddidun, even though among them are some whose soundness of creed is not established, nor did they possess knowledge of hadith. If there truly are any mujaddidun, they are only the sound-in-creed hadith scholars (muhaddithun), who defended the hadiths of the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, always kept the banner of Islam raised high, and tore apart the shackles of blind following (taqlid). As for those who, through methods such as “It is not permissible for the non-muqallid…” and the like, continued to call towards blind following, including them in the list of mujaddidun is incorrect. There were also some who tried to portray Sayyiduna ‘Isa alayhis salam as a Hanafi and attempted to place the crown of mujaddid-ship upon their own heads. It will only become clear after death who was a mujaddid and who was a corrupter.
«سوف تري إذا انكشف الغبار أفرس تحت رجلك أم حمار»
Its chain of narration is Hasan (good).
➊ At the beginning of every century, such people will be raised who are sound in creed, steadfast Muslims, and eminent scholars of the Book and Sunnah. Through them, Allah, the Exalted, will renew His religion, that is, propagate the true path and refute innovations. This could be a single person or a group; in fact, the opinion that it is a group is more preponderant.
➋ Who are the renewers (mujaddidun), and what were their names in previous centuries? There is no clear evidence regarding this, therefore, it is better to remain silent.
◄ Many people, in order to elevate their own status, have included their preferred individuals among the mujaddidun, even though among them are some whose soundness of creed is not established, nor did they possess knowledge of hadith. If there truly are any mujaddidun, they are only the sound-in-creed hadith scholars (muhaddithun), who defended the hadiths of the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, always kept the banner of Islam raised high, and tore apart the shackles of blind following (taqlid). As for those who, through methods such as “It is not permissible for the non-muqallid…” and the like, continued to call towards blind following, including them in the list of mujaddidun is incorrect. There were also some who tried to portray Sayyiduna ‘Isa alayhis salam as a Hanafi and attempted to place the crown of mujaddid-ship upon their own heads. It will only become clear after death who was a mujaddid and who was a corrupter.
«سوف تري إذا انكشف الغبار أفرس تحت رجلك أم حمار»
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 247
