Why Revival?
Dr. Ragheb El-Sergany
An introduction on why we should all aim to revive the Sunnahs of our beloved prophet (peace be upon him).
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) had predicted the crisis of discord the Ummah is living right now. People are confused, every group claims to be on Haqq (right path), so which is the right path?
The answer is clear in the following (peace be upon him) hadith. Irbad bin Sariyah narrated that: The Prophet (peace be upon him) delivered an eloquent sermon, which greatly moved us and sent a wave of fear into our hearts and our eyes shed tears. We said to him, "This sermon seems like the last advice; then tell us something more as advice." He said, «
» (Al-Tirmithi).As you can see from the Prophet’s words, the way to salvation is by following his Sunnah, and tracing his way of life. We are starting this journey to know more about the Prophet's life; what he used to do and say. We will revive 354 Sunnahs, equivalent to the number of days in the Hijri calender. One Sunnah every day, and we can move to the next Sunnah after we have perfected it. We selected Sunnahs which are agreed upon among the Muslim scholars and the different Mathahib so we will hopefully find that what we agree upon is much more than what we disagree about. Let our goal be to follow the Prophet, and let our motto be
{وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا}
Translation: {And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided} [An-Nur:54].