Question:
Assalamualaikum
Ahaadith in Mishkaat about Allah sending a Mujaddid at the beginning of ever century. please give details about what is a Mujaddid? does the Mujaddid know that he is a Mujaddid? if a pious aalim proclaims he is a Mujaddid can we accept him as such? are there qualities and signs that we look for in the person to prove he is indeed a Mujaddid?
was salaam
anwar
Answer:
A Mujaddid is an intellectually eminent and distinct personality or a group that the Ummah is blessed with who decontaminates and renews the Deen. He/they present the Deen in a pure, pristine and original form by removing all the evil, corruption and wrongdoings that exist in his/their time. Through his/their intellect and understanding he/they tear apart the veils of innovation and customary practices that envelope the reality of Deen. (Mazaahir-e-Haqq (commentary of Mishkaat), Vol. 1, Page 258)
Some commentators of this Hadith mention that a Mujaddid is specified on a conjectural basis by the pious and God-fearing people of that era through the concatenation (conditions that lead to something) of his circumstances. It therefore means that a Mujaddid does not claim or specify himself as a Mujaddid. (Ta’leequs Sabeeh, Sharah Mishkaat, Vol. 1, Page 160, Iedhaahul Mishkaat, Sharah Mishkaat, Page 266)
And Allah Ta’ala knows best,
Qasim bin Hashim Limbada
Attested to as correct by:
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
07 January 2004
14 Thil Qa’dah 1424