The Ruling on Belittling the Companions and Dealing with the Sects of Misguidance
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who says that the Companions are a group of dervishes? And does a person sin if he remains silent about this statement on the excuse that the person has authority over him, and he fears that his evil will reach him if he rebuts him?
Answer:
If one belittles the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), belittling the Companions, this is disbelief, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says, when He mentioned the Companions:[Al-Fath 48:29] He said at the end of the verses: "so that the disbelievers may be grieved by them." So no one is grieved by the Companions, hates the Companions, belittles them, or curses them except a disbeliever, because he does not hate them except because he hates this religion. For they are the ones who upheld this religion after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); they received it from him, conveyed it to the people, called to it, and struggled in its path. So much so that they scattered throughout the lands, and some of them died far from Madinah or were martyred. All of this was for the sake of conveying this religion and calling people to it. So no one speaks ill of them except a hypocrite.
...and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 4658Sahih (Al-Albani). So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the cursing of his Companions. The one who belittles them and says that they are dervishes, or that they are ignorant, or... this is a misguidance, and it is evidence that he hates the Companions. And if he hates the Companions, he hates the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); this is a necessary consequence. And if he hates the Messenger, he is a disbeliever, a disbeliever in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes. No one loves them except a believer. And those who came after them, meaning after the Companions, say: "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith, and put not in our hearts any rancor toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are the Most Kind, the Merciful." So no one hates them except a hypocrite, and no one loves them except a believer. The hypocrites belittled the Companions.
[At-Tawbah 9:79] one. They said: "We have not seen like our forefathers these people: the most false in speech, the most greedy in bellies, the most false in speech, and the most cowardly at the time of meeting." They meant the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions. So Allah revealed concerning them: [At-Tawbah 9:65-66]. The matter is clear in this. Yes.
As for dealing with the Rafidah or with others from the sects of misguidance, we do not feel at ease with them, we do not love them, and we do not be open with them. We keep them at a distance and perform the duties entrusted to us, and we leave these people at a distance. We do not love them, we do not show loyalty to them, and we do not be open with them. Yes.
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who says that the Companions are a group of dervishes? And does a person sin if he remains silent about this statement on the excuse that the person has authority over him, and he fears that his evil will reach him if he rebuts him?
Answer:
If one belittles the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), belittling the Companions, this is disbelief, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says, when He mentioned the Companions:
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers
مُّحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ...and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not revile my Companions; by him in whose hand my soul is, if one of you contributed the amount of gold equivalent to Uhud, it would not amount to as much as the mudd of one of them, or half of it.
لا تسبوا أصحابي، فوالذي نفسي بيده، لو أنفق أحدكم مثل أحد ذهبا ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولا نصيفهThose who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.
يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" (66) Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْAs for dealing with the Rafidah or with others from the sects of misguidance, we do not feel at ease with them, we do not love them, and we do not be open with them. We keep them at a distance and perform the duties entrusted to us, and we leave these people at a distance. We do not love them, we do not show loyalty to them, and we do not be open with them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-007-أصول اعتقاد أهل السنة والجماعة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:24:30)
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