Is it permissible to prefer 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz over Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to prefer 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz over Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. No one is ever preferred over the Companions, and this is not permissible, neither for 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz nor anyone else. 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) has his virtue, his status, and his knowledge, and he is one of the renewers in Islam, but he does not equal or come close to any of the Companions, neither Mu'awiyah nor anyone else. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to prefer 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz over Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. No one is ever preferred over the Companions, and this is not permissible, neither for 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz nor anyone else. 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) has his virtue, his status, and his knowledge, and he is one of the renewers in Islam, but he does not equal or come close to any of the Companions, neither Mu'awiyah nor anyone else. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [407 -560] هل يجوز تفضيل عمر بن عبد العزيز على معاوية رضي الله عنه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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