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As it says in the hadith:

"Allah shall raise for this Umma at the head of every century a man who shall renew (or revive) for it its religion" (Sunan Abu Dawud, Kitab al-Malahim, ch. 1.)

There are a wide range of opinions about the identity of the mujaddid for any given century, but to a large degree Muslims can agree that, even if they were not the mujaddid of their day, the overwhelming majority of the candidates listed below were great orthodox scholars who made positive contributions to Islam.

List of Possible Mujaddids and Claimants

First Century (after the prophetic period) (August 3, 718) is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Pelayo established the Kingdom of Asturias in the Iberian peninsula (modern day Portugal and Spain). ...

• al-Qâsim ibn Muhammad
• Ibn Shihâb al-Zuhrî
• Imam Abu Hanifa
• Muhammad ibn Sirin
• Sâlim ibn `Abd Allâh
• Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz

Second Century (August 10, 815) Imam Abu Hanifa Númān ibn Thābit(699 - 765) was an important Islamic scholar and jurist and is considered the founder of the Hanafi school of fiqh. ... Muhammad Ibn Sirin (Arabic,محمد بن سيرين),(born in Basra, Iraq) was a Muslim interpreter of dreams who lived in the 8th century. ... Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (c. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events An iconoclastic synod is held. ...

• Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
• Imam Hasan al-Basri
• Imam Malik bin Anas
• Imam Muhammad bin Shaibani
• Imam ash-Shafi
• Yah.yâ ibn Ma`în

Third Century (August 17, 912) Ahmed ibn Hanbal (Arabic: ‏‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎أحمد بن حنبل‏‎‎‎‏‎‎‎ ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ Ahmad bin Hanbal ) (780 - 855 CE, 164 - 241 AH) was an important Muslim scholar and theologian of arabic background [9] and descendant from the Banu Shayban Arabian tribe and native of Merw [10]. He is considered the founder of the Hanbali school of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). ... al-Hasan al-Basri (Arabic:الحسن البصري) (Abu Said al-Hasan ibn Abi-l-Hasan Yasar al-Basri), (642 - 728 or 737), was a well-known Arab theologian and scholar of Islam who was born at Medina. ... Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn Amr al-Asbahi (Arabic مالك بن أنس) (c. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice Patriarch Nicholas I Mysticus becomes patriarch of Constantinople Births November 23 - Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973) Abd-ar-rahman III - prince of the Umayyad dynasty Deaths Oleg of Kiev Categories: 912 ...

• Abu Sharh
• Al-Nasai
• Ibn Surayj

Fourth Century (August 24, 1009) is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. ...

• Imam Abu Haamid al-Ghazali
• `Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
• Abu Bakr Baqlani
• Abû Hâmid al-Isfarâyînî
• Abu Ubaid Naishapuri
• Hakim al-Nishaburi
• Imam Abu Haatim Raazi
• Imam Abu Jaafar bin Jareer Tibri
• Imam al-Bayhaqi
• Imam Tahtaawi

Fifth Century (September 1, 1106) Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad ibn Abd-Allah al-Hakim al-Nishaburi (d. ... Imam Al-Baihaqi was born 384 AH in the small town of Khusraugird near Bayhaq in Khurasan [1]. During his lifetime, he became a famous hadith scholar. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events September 28 - Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebrai, and imprisons him in Cardiff Castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner. ...

• Al Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jilani
• Imam Abul Hussain Ahmed bin Muhammad Abi Bakr-il-Qaadir,
• Imam Abu Naeem Isfahani
• Imam Hussain bin Raaghib

Sixth Century (September 9, 1203) Sheikh Muhyiddeen Abdul Qadir Gilani , Abdul Qadir al-Gilani , Abdul Qadir el-Gilani or Moulay Abdelkader Jilali (in Maghreb countries (Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلانى ); (1077 – 1166 CE) was a mystic scholar and saint of Islam. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events April 16 - Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France. ...

• Moinuddin Chishti
• Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
• al-Rafi`i
• Allamah Imam Umar Nasfi
• Imam Qaazi Fakhrud'Deen Hassan Mansoor
• Imam Abu Muhammad Hussain bin Mas'ood Fara'a

Seventh Century (September 15, 1300) Moinuddin Chishti dargah, Ajmer, India Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty (Persian: خواجہ معین الدین چشتی ) was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE, also known as Gharib Nawaz (Persian: غریب نواز ), is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia. ... Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149–1209) was a well-known Persian theologian and philosopher from Ray. ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 22 - Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII. March 10 - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of Englanddo (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. ...

Eighth Century (September 23, 1397) is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 10 - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset. ...

• Ibn Hajar Asqalani

Ninth Century (October 1, 1494) Ibn Hajar Asqalani is a Sunni Scholar. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1494 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Imam Jalaludin Sayuti
• Imam Nooruddeen bin Ahmad Misri

Tenth Century (October 19, 1591) Imam Al-Suyuti (c. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1591 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

• Al-Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi
• Imam Shahabuddeen Abu Bakr Ahmad bin Muhammad Khatib Qistalaani
• Imam Muhammad Sharbini
• Imam Muhammad Ar Ramli

Eleventh Century (October 26, 1688) Ahmad Sirhindi was an Islamic scholar and prominent member of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ...

• Shah Wali Allah Muhaddath Dehlavi
• Al-Qutb Imam al-Haddad of Hadramawt, Yemen
• Ibrâhîm ibn H.asan al-Kurdî al-Kawrânî al-Madanî

Twelfth Century (November 4, 1785) It has been suggested that Wali Allah Dahlawi be merged into this article or section. ... Imam Abd Allah ibn Alawi al-Haddad born in 1634 CE (1044 Hijri). ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

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• Bediüzzaman Said Nursi
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (also claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, rejected by Ahlus Sunnah group)
• Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan al Barelwi
• Allamah Imam Ahmad bin Ismaeel Tahtaawi
• Allamah Shah Abdul Azeez Muhaddith-e-Delhwi
• al-Qâd.î H.usayn ibn Muh.ammad al-Ans.ârî al-Khazrajî al-Sa`dî al-Yamânî
• Amadou Bamba
• Nawâb S.iddîq H.asan Khân Bhûpâlî al-Qinnawjî
• Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
• Shaykh Badr al-Dîn al-H.asani
• Shaykh Muhammad Zahid ibn Hasan al-Kawthari
• Syyed 'Ab'ul Bari al-Hasani wa'l-Hussaini
• Sayyid Nadhîr Husayn

Fourteenth Century (November 21, 1979) Said Nursi, born 1876? in the village of Nurs, province Bitlis, died March 23, 1960 in Urfa was a Islamic thinker of Kurdish origin. ... Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (مرزا غلام احمد) (February 13, 1835 - May 26, 1908 corresponding to Shawal 14, 1250 AH - Rabi al-thani 24 1326 AH). ... Sayyidunna Mawlana Sanaadi Ala Hadrat Alshaykh Allamah Muhammad Mukhtar Ziauddin Aĥmed Riđā Abdul Mustapha Khān al-Barelwī al-Barkati al-Nuri al-Razwi al-Qadiri (1856–1921, sometimes transcribed as Ahmad Raza Khan) , was a prominent Muslim Alim from Bareilly, a city in Northern India during the late... Barelvi (Hindi: बरेलवी, Urdu: بریلوی) is a movement of Sufism in South Asia that was founded by Ahmed Raza Khan of Bareilly, India (hence the term Barelvi). ... Ahmadou Bamba (1850-1927) (Aamadu Bàmba Mbàkke in Wolof, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb Allāh in Arabic, also known as Khadīmu l-Rasūl or The Servant of the Prophet in Arabic, and as Sëriñ Tuubaa or Holy Man of Tuubaa... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Imam Muhammad Zahid ibn Hasan al-Kawthari (1296 AH-1371 AH) was the adjunct to the last Sheikh al-Islam of the Ottoman Empire and a well known Hanafi jurist. ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

• Ghulam Mustafa Khan ((RA) Naqshbandi Mujaddidi)
• Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Al Haqqani
• Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri
• Shaykh-ul-Islam Prof Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
• Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee]]
• [[Abdul 'Azeez ibn Abdullaah ibn Baaz
• Moulana Shaykh Nazim al Haqqani
• Hazrat Allama Peer Allaudin Siddqui Sajjada Nasheen Darbar Nerian Sharif Tararkhal
• Imam Hassan al-Banna

Prof. ... Mawlana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri Razavi Memon from Karachi, Pakistan is founder of a non-political Islamic movement Dawat-e-Islami [1]. He was born on the 26th day of the month of Ramadan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hassan al Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. ...

Notes

• Imam Abu Haamid al-Ghazali is widely considered to be the mujaddid of the fifth century AD.
• Beddiuzzaman Said Nursi is considered to be the mujaddid of the 13th Century by most Muslims.
• Imam Hasan Al-Banna is also widely accepted as the mujaddid of the 14th century.
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is not considered to be Muslim by most Muslims. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is accepted as the mujaddid (even a messiah) by Ahmaddiya group, but rejected by Ahlus Sunnah group.

See also

External links

• Lists of Mujaddid Ulema
• Muslim Reformers (Mujaddids)
• List of Mujaddids who have appeared in Islam
• Mujadddid of 1400 Hijra century of the world
• Services as Mujadid