Combining the Hadith “Every Era Is Worse Than the One Before It” with the Hadith “Renewal of the Religion”
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Question:
He says: It is reported in a hadith that every era is worse than the one before it, and it is reported that in every century of this Ummah there is a renewer. Does this mean that the renewer is in his place and not in other places, and that the evil is generally confined to the rest of the places?
Answer:
There is no contradiction between the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Ibn Hibban 51:19, and it does not contradict his saying . So, despite the existence of this evil, there is good, praise be to Allah, and there is a renewer.
He says: It is reported in a hadith that every era is worse than the one before it, and it is reported that in every century of this Ummah there is a renewer. Does this mean that the renewer is in his place and not in other places, and that the evil is generally confined to the rest of the places?
Answer:
There is no contradiction between the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
No era comes except that the one after it is worse than it
لا يأتي زمان إلا والذي بعده شر منهIndeed, Allah will send to this Ummah someone who will renew its religion for it
إن الله يبعث لهذه الأمة من يجدد لها دينه،
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في بيان حقيقة الإلحاد في أسماء رب العالمين، وذكر انقسام الملحدين — islamhouse.com (41:53)
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