Mujaddid

In Islamic tradition, the term Mujaddid refers to a person who is sent by Allah in every century of the Islamic calendar. His objective is to revive Islam away from any extraneous elements and restore it to its pristine state. A mujaddid could be a Caliph, may be a Scholar or Thinker.

Related Topics:
Islam - Allah - Caliph

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The appointment of a Mujaddid is referred to in Qur'an and Hadith:

Related Topics:
Qur'an - Hadith

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"Surely Allah will raise up for the Muslims, at the head of every century, one who will revive their religion." (Abu Dawood)

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"Allah has promised to those of you who believe, and do good, that He will surely make them khalifas in the earth as He made those before them to be khalifas " (Qur'an 24:55)

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"The Israelites used to be led by prophets; whenever a prophet died, another came after him. After me there is no prophet, but there will be Caliphs and there will be many." (Bukhari, book 60, ch. 50)

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"Allah has promised to those of you who believe, and do good, that He will surely make them khalifas in the earth as He made those before them to be Caliphs " (Qur'an 24:55)

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List of Past Mujaddids:

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The old list. Could some update the above. The mujaddid is preferbly at the start of the Islamic century.

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Keep in mind that 1st century runs from 1/1/00 to 1/1/100. Therefore, there is no mujaddid for the first century.

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• Hazrat Umar ibn Abdul Aziz
• Hazrat Imam Shafi & Hazrat Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal
• Hazrat Abul Hassan Ash'ari & Hazrat Abu Sharh
• Hazrat Abu Ubaid Naishapuri & Hazrat Qazi Abu Bakr Baqlani
• Hazrat Imam Al-Ghazali
• Hazrat Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani
• Hazrat Mueenuddin Chishti & Hazrat Imam ibn Taimiyya
• Hazrat Hafiz ibn Hajar Asqalani & Hazrat Saleh ibn Umar
• Hazrat Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri
• Hazrat Imam Jalaludin Sayuti & Hazrat Ahmad Sirhindi
• Hazrat Mujaddid Alif Sani
• Hazrat Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlavi
• Hazrat Sayyid Ahmad Brelvi