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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Discussion of the hadith: “Indeed, Allah sends for this Ummah, at the head of every hundred years…”

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta

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Fatwa No. ( 8687 ):


Q: I heard the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
Indeed, Allah sends, at the head of every hundred years, one who will rectify for this Ummah the affairs of its religion.إن الله يبعث على رأس كل مائة عام من يصلح لهذه الأمة أمر دينها
, and I have some inquiries: (a) What is the chain of this hadith and its correct text, and who is its narrator?
(b) Mention these righteous ones, if possible? (c) What is the meaning of: “he rectifies the affairs of the religion,” when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left us upon the clear, white path? (d) How are they identified? (e) How accurate is the statement that they come at the head of the twelfth year of every Hijri century?
A:First: This hadith was narrated byAbu Dawudin his Sunan fromSulayman ibn Dawud al-Muhriwho said: "Abdullah ibn Wahb informed usAbdullah ibn Wahb, who informed meSa'id ibn Abi Ayyub, fromSharahil ibn Yazid al-Mu'afiri, fromAbu 'Uqlamah, fromAbu Hurayrah- as far as I know, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:
Allah will raise for this community at the end of every hundred years the one who will renovate its religion for it.إن الله يبعث لهذه الأمة على رأس كل مائة سنة من يجدد لها دينها
Sunan Abi Dawud 4291Sahih (Al-Albani)
. Second:This hadith is valid, and all its narrators are trustworthy.Third and Fourth:The meaning of his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:
renew for them their religionيجدد لها دينها
That whenever a large number of people deviate from the path of the religion that Allah completed for His servants, perfected for them His blessing, and chose for them as a religion - He sends to them scholars or a discerning scholar
Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَـزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
[Al-Hijr 15:9]
. Fifth: The hadith does not state that these reformers come at the head of the twelfth century, but rather that they come, by the command and wisdom of Allah, at the head of every hundred years, which is the Hijri century; for that is what was customary among Muslims in that time. This is a favor from Allah and a mercy from Him to His servants, and an establishment of the proof against them so that no one has an excuse after the message has been delivered and the explanation made clear. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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