Upright Reformers Every Hundred Years

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

Allah will raise for this Ummah at the end of every hundred years the one who will revive its religion for it. [1]

“Allah will raise for this Ummah”– Meaning, the Ummah Al-Ijaabah (the Muslims).

“At the end of every hundred years”– Meaning, at the end of every hundred years when there is little knowledge of the Shariah and the authentic Prophetic Sunnah, while ignorance and innovation in religious matters is rife.

“One who will revive its religion for it”– Meaning, a scholar who is alive and well known. He will clarify the authentic Prophetic Sunnah and distinguish it from Bidah. knowledge will be abundant again and its adherents will be aided, and the proponents of Bidah will be overcome and degraded. This reviver is none else but a scholar who has a sound understanding of the religious sciences that deal with acts of worship, the underlying wisdom of the religion, and the texts that deal with beliefs of the heart. [2]

[1] Sahih Sunan Abee Dawud. Hadith Number 4291.

[2] An Excerpt from Awn Al-Ma’bud Sharh Sunan Abee Daawud. 11/259-260