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Exploring the sacred concept of Mujaddid and the renewal of faith across centuries.
Concept of Mujaddid
What is a Mujaddid?
A Mujaddid, according to popular Muslim tradition, refers to a person who appears at the turn of every century of the Islamic calendar to revive Islam, remove from it any extraneous elements and restore it to its pristine purity. A Mujaddid might be a caliph, a saint (wali), a prominent teacher, a scholar or some other kind of influential person.
The concept is based on the following Prophetic tradition: Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said — "Allah shall raise for this Ummah at the head of every century a man who shall renew (or revive) for it its religion."