Does the prohibition in the hadith "Do not revile my Companions" apply to all the Companions, or only to those who believed before the Conquest?

Question:
Is the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "Do not revile my Companions," specific to all the Companions, or only to those who believed before the Conquest?

Answer:
It is specific to all the Companions. How can it be specific to all the Companions? It means it is general; its intent is general for all the Companions. Yes, "Do not revile my Companions" is general, so it is not permissible to revile any of the Companions, neither those who embraced Islam before the Conquest nor those who embraced Islam after the Conquest. It is not permissible to revile anyone whose status as a Companion is established. The statement "Do not revile my Companions," yes, is established. And the fact that the occasion of the hadith was what happened between Khalid ibn al-Walid and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf is the occasion, but the consideration is the generality of the wording, not the specificity of the occasion. Yes.