The Ruling on Cursing the Companions and the Meaning of the Hadith: Do Not Curse My Companions
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. What is the ruling on cursing the Companions? And what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Answer:
Cursing the Companions means belittling them, criticizing them, and seeking out their faults for a purpose, such as desire or hatred. For the only one who curses the Companions is an enemy of Islam and the Muslims. The Companions are those who carried Islam after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and they are those who spread it in the East and the West, and they are those who carried the knowledge and taught it to the people. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said[Al-Hashr 59:10] So it does not harm the Companions that the wicked and the vengeful, who harbor hatred against Islam and the Muslims, curse them. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said [Ali 'Imran 3:119] Die in your anger. And when He mentioned the Companions at the end of Surat al-Fath, He said [Al-Fath 48:29] [Al-Hashr 59:10]. [Al-Hashr 59:10] So it is only the wicked, the hateful, and those who hate the religion of Islam who curse them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: Your Excellency the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. What is the ruling on cursing the Companions? And what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Do not curse my Companions?
لا تسبوا أصحابي؟Answer:
Cursing the Companions means belittling them, criticizing them, and seeking out their faults for a purpose, such as desire or hatred. For the only one who curses the Companions is an enemy of Islam and the Muslims. The Companions are those who carried Islam after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and they are those who spread it in the East and the West, and they are those who carried the knowledge and taught it to the people. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said
And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."
وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌDie in your rage
قُلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِكُمْso that Allah may enrage by them the disbelievers
لِيَغِيظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَsaying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith
يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِand put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
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