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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Combining the virtue of holding fast to the Sunnah in the last times with the virtue of the Companions

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Question:
And there may be among the later generations someone who is better than the Companions and the Salaf. So what is the correct understanding of the hadith? May Allah bless you.

Answer:
Yes, this objection is valid, and the scholars have answered it. The scholars answered that he has the reward of fifty of the Companions in this specific trait only, in that he remained steadfast during the time of isolation. The Companions were with the Muhajireen and the Ansar, and with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and many of them were sincere in their time. But this isolated person in the last times is isolated among the people. And despite this, he was patient. Despite this, he was patient and remained steadfast. So he obtained, in this specific trait, the reward of fifty of the Companions in this aspect only.
As for the Companions, they have many virtues. So they are better than others in many virtues without doubt, and a specific virtue does not negate a general virtue. This is their answer to this doubt. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-46-معالم من منهج أهل السنة والجماعة|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:20)

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