What is the text of the hadith that narrates that Allah sends a renewer at the head of every hundred years, and what is its grade in terms of authenticity or weakness?
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The questioner: O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The hadith of the renewer at the head of every hundred years.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Its text, if you permit, and its grade of authenticity?
The Shaykh : .
The questioner : Our Shaykh, is this hadith authentic?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, is this renewer an individual, or does it mean it could be a group?
The Shaykh : They may not be a group; they may be individuals.
The questioner : Individuals?
The Shaykh : Yes, and they may be in different sciences.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So there is a renewer in tafsir, a renewer in hadith, a renewer in fiqh, and in any science that benefits the Muslims, he is a renewer. Jihad in the path of Allah also needs a renewer.
The questioner : Okay, is the hundred years from the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or from his passing, or from his migration?
The Shaykh : From his saying (peace be upon him), from his era.
The questioner : You mean in Madinah, this saying, of course?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, the first renewer, meaning who came after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) approximately?
The Shaykh : This cannot be limited, because the renewers are many, and among them is Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The hadith of the renewer at the head of every hundred years.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Its text, if you permit, and its grade of authenticity?
The Shaykh :
Indeed, Allah sends for this Ummah at the head of every hundred years one who renews its religion for it.
إن الله يبعث لهذه الأمَّة على رأس كلِّ مئة سنة مَن يجدِّد لها دينهاThe questioner : Our Shaykh, is this hadith authentic?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, is this renewer an individual, or does it mean it could be a group?
The Shaykh : They may not be a group; they may be individuals.
The questioner : Individuals?
The Shaykh : Yes, and they may be in different sciences.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So there is a renewer in tafsir, a renewer in hadith, a renewer in fiqh, and in any science that benefits the Muslims, he is a renewer. Jihad in the path of Allah also needs a renewer.
The questioner : Okay, is the hundred years from the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or from his passing, or from his migration?
The Shaykh : From his saying (peace be upon him), from his era.
The questioner : You mean in Madinah, this saying, of course?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, the first renewer, meaning who came after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) approximately?
The Shaykh : This cannot be limited, because the renewers are many, and among them is Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i.
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