Is it permissible to describe the Companions with the descriptions Allah gave them in the Qur'an, where the apparent meaning is rebuke, such as His saying: {until when you failed}?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Is it permissible to describe some of the Companions with the descriptions found in the Qur'an that appear to criticize them, such as Allah the Exalted saying, "Until when you failed"?
Answer:
How do we describe them as having failed? We say the Companions are failures? Who says that? That was a specific incident that occurred and ended. The Companions are not described as having failed permanently.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Is it permissible to describe some of the Companions with the descriptions found in the Qur'an that appear to criticize them, such as Allah the Exalted saying, "Until when you failed"?
Answer:
How do we describe them as having failed? We say the Companions are failures? Who says that? That was a specific incident that occurred and ended. The Companions are not described as having failed permanently.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3018] هل يجوز وصف الصحابة بما وصفهم الله به في القرآن مما ظاهره العتاب، كقوله:{حتى إذا فشلتم}؟ — youtube.com
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