What is the understanding of the Hadith: "No one who is on the face of the earth will remain after one hundred years" when there are those who live for more than one hundred years?
The hadith: "Do you realize the importance of this night of yours? For at the end of one hundred years from this night, none of those who are alive on the surface of the earth tonight will remain," is in the Sahihayn (Bukhari and Muslim). This does not contradict the fact that some people live for more than one hundred years, because the Prophet addressed his Companions, meaning that none of those who were alive at the time of his address would remain after one hundred years. The intent is the demise of everyone who was alive at that time within a period not exceeding one hundred years. The last person to have seen the Prophet, Abu al-Tufayl 'Amir ibn Wathilah, died in the year 110 AH, which is around one hundred years from the time of the statement.
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