The ruling on insulting the Companions and speaking about Usamah ibn Zayd
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion of the one who says of Usamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that he has no rules or principles? That emotion overcame Usamah when he killed that man who said, "There is no god but Allah"? This person does not respect the Companions and does not comply with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do not insult my Companions."
Answer:
By my soul, this person has disobeyed the Messenger in his saying, "Do not insult your Companions." And Zayd ibn Thabit is among the most intimate of the Companions because of the love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) for him, or because of his love for him. So this person hates the one whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) loved. This is serious speech. Is it not permissible?
And it is obligatory for the one who said it to repent to Allah, to respect the Companions of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and not to speak about them. And the fact that they make mistakes—they are not infallible, so mistakes occur from them—but this does not contradict their virtue. The fact that they make mistakes is because they are human, not infallible; mistakes occur through ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), but this does not diminish their virtues (may Allah be pleased with them). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion of the one who says of Usamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that he has no rules or principles? That emotion overcame Usamah when he killed that man who said, "There is no god but Allah"? This person does not respect the Companions and does not comply with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do not insult my Companions."
Answer:
By my soul, if one of you had spent gold the size of Mount Uhud, he would not have spent what one of them spent, nor...
والذي نفسي بيده لو أنفق أحدكم مثل أحد ذهب ما أنفق ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولاAnd it is obligatory for the one who said it to repent to Allah, to respect the Companions of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and not to speak about them. And the fact that they make mistakes—they are not infallible, so mistakes occur from them—but this does not contradict their virtue. The fact that they make mistakes is because they are human, not infallible; mistakes occur through ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), but this does not diminish their virtues (may Allah be pleased with them). Yes.
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