The Ruling on Slandering the Companions and the Rafidah
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The questioner:
We have been afflicted in this time. Who slanders them? Yes.
The Shaykh:
These Rafidah. Yes, yes. Correct, and I follow it. Follow me. The scholars have agreed that whoever slanders them is a disbeliever.
The presenter:
We seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah that if they curse them or slander them, it means denying the Prophet. The Prophet said, "The best of people..." and one does not slander them. As for cursing one or two individuals, that is open sinfulness. Like cursing Mu'awiyah, or some cursing 'Ali, that is open sinfulness, a disbeliever. But cursing the Companions in general, that is apostasy, or some of it is apostasy.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah do you good.
The Shaykh:
The Rafidah, the extremists, they declare me a disbeliever originally, the worshippers of 'Ali. Yes, the extremists, the Imamiyyah and their like are disbelievers, like the worshippers of idols. I was once in Madinah, and I do not know how many days it was, I was in Madinah and the university saved me. I was in the gatherings of some of the brothers, and there was a Nakhbri or a Shi'i, my Nakhbri there. He asked me about al-Siddiq. One of the brothers present said, "What do you say about the one who hates al-Siddiq?" I said, "One does not hate al-Siddiq. A believer does not hate al-Siddiq. A believer never hates al-Siddiq. A person who is not a believer does not hate him. He was just. I think the Nakhbri said, 'This is exaggeration regarding al-Siddiq.' This is the truth. A person who supported the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and aided him in hardship and ease, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified that he is the best of the nation, and that if he were to ask him, he would take him as a close friend. Who hates him except you, O mercy of Allah?"
We have been afflicted in this time. Who slanders them? Yes.
The Shaykh:
These Rafidah. Yes, yes. Correct, and I follow it. Follow me. The scholars have agreed that whoever slanders them is a disbeliever.
The presenter:
We seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah that if they curse them or slander them, it means denying the Prophet. The Prophet said, "The best of people..." and one does not slander them. As for cursing one or two individuals, that is open sinfulness. Like cursing Mu'awiyah, or some cursing 'Ali, that is open sinfulness, a disbeliever. But cursing the Companions in general, that is apostasy, or some of it is apostasy.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah do you good.
The Shaykh:
The Rafidah, the extremists, they declare me a disbeliever originally, the worshippers of 'Ali. Yes, the extremists, the Imamiyyah and their like are disbelievers, like the worshippers of idols. I was once in Madinah, and I do not know how many days it was, I was in Madinah and the university saved me. I was in the gatherings of some of the brothers, and there was a Nakhbri or a Shi'i, my Nakhbri there. He asked me about al-Siddiq. One of the brothers present said, "What do you say about the one who hates al-Siddiq?" I said, "One does not hate al-Siddiq. A believer does not hate al-Siddiq. A believer never hates al-Siddiq. A person who is not a believer does not hate him. He was just. I think the Nakhbri said, 'This is exaggeration regarding al-Siddiq.' This is the truth. A person who supported the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and aided him in hardship and ease, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified that he is the best of the nation, and that if he were to ask him, he would take him as a close friend. Who hates him except you, O mercy of Allah?"
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ٦ — archive.org (24:27)
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