The ruling on hating the Companions because of their actions before Islam
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. If one hates some of the Companions for what they did before Islam, such as the one who killed Hamzah, does that make him hate the Companion in this case?
Answer:
There is no doubt about it. This person holds that Islam does not expiate past sins, and that repentance does not expiate past sins, may Allah protect us from that. Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Anfal 8:38] So He forgave them when they repented and submitted to Islam; Allah forgave them. And the one who repents from a sin is like one who has no sin. But this person seeks out the faults of the Companions and devises ways to align with these misguided statements.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. If one hates some of the Companions for what they did before Islam, such as the one who killed Hamzah, does that make him hate the Companion in this case?
Answer:
There is no doubt about it. This person holds that Islam does not expiate past sins, and that repentance does not expiate past sins, may Allah protect us from that. Allah the Exalted says:
Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them
قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِن يَنتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ
Source
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