“…The Prophet Muhammad stated in a hadith : “The best of my community is the generation in which I was sent, then those who follow them, then those who follow them.” Friedmann argues that this “is only one of the numerous traditions idealizing the earliest period of Islamic history and indicating that a process of deterioration would set in after its completion” (Friedmann, 2000). To remedy the deterioration, Muhammad said that at the beginning or end of each century, God would send one of his servants to the Islamic community who will renew the religion (Algar, 2001).…”