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Darussalam · Volume 4
36. THE BOOK OF THEGREAT BATTLES(AL-MALĀHAM)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4291 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 109
Source no. 4291 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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4291. It was narrated from Ayyūb, from Sharāḥīl bin Yazīd Al-Ma'āfirī, from Abū 'Alqamah, from Abū Hurairah – as far as I known – from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, who said: "At the beginning of every century Allāh will send to this Ummah someone who will renew its religion." (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: It was narrated by 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Shuraiḥ Al-Iskandrānī and he did not go beyond Sharāḥīl.[1]
4291 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ شَرَاحِيلَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُعَافِرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فِيمَا أَعْلَمُ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَى رَأْسِ كُلِّ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مَنْ يُجَدِّدُ لَهَا دِينَهَا». قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ، لَمْ يَجُزْ بِهِ شَرَاحِيلَ»
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Malāhim is plural of Malhamah, which is derived from the word Lahm, used for flesh in relation to people, and meat in relation to animals. So the meaning is violent fighting and shedding of blood. And the meaning of "someone who will renew its religion" is that there will be those who remain upon the truth – as stated in other narrations – even when innovation and sin are rampant. So at such times there will remain people who will call to the Sunnah and fight against innovations that distort the religion, whether the one reviving the religion be only one person, or more than one.