The Virtue of the Early Generations and Whether It Is Exclusive to the Companions
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: It has been stated regarding the hadith of the seventy that the virtue of their era is specific to the era of the Companions only, and that it has ended, and that it cannot be attained by the people of this time.
Answer:
The one who says this is a compound ignoramus. The narrator of this hadith is specific to the Companions. Rather, anyone who is connected to any time is among the seventy, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify this, and he did not say that it is exclusive to his Companions. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: It has been stated regarding the hadith of the seventy that the virtue of their era is specific to the era of the Companions only, and that it has ended, and that it cannot be attained by the people of this time.
Answer:
The one who says this is a compound ignoramus. The narrator of this hadith is specific to the Companions. Rather, anyone who is connected to any time is among the seventy, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not specify this, and he did not say that it is exclusive to his Companions. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-22 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:23)
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