Comparing the Companions and some later generations in terms of virtues

The questioner:
And you have realized that Allah revealed to us from the hadith that some of the Companions selected. And he said, “His father is the one with whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) disputed,” and likewise he said, “The Companions said, ‘They are our companions.’” Then we clarified that among the statements of the enemies is the claim that one of them has a right over his own soul based on the statement of his father, even if it is a distortion of the Qur'an.

The Shaykh:
It is not that he is better than the Companions, for he is better than the Companions, but because it is a report, because it is a report at a time when no one supports him and no one confirms it, so it is a report and he held fast to the religion, so from this aspect he is better. But the Companions have many aspects in which they are better, and he has a specific virtue that does not negate the general virtues, so there is no contradiction between this and the fact that the Companions are the best of the nation. There is no contradiction; the Companions are the best of the nation absolutely, and the fact that some of the later generations attain a virtue that is specific to them does not necessitate that he is better than the Companions, because he has one virtue and they have virtues that cover his doubt.