The Obligation Regarding the Disparagement of the Companions by the People of Innovation
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Question:
He says: We hear, from time to time, clear and explicit disparagement of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) by the people of innovation, and also by some of our writers. What is our obligation? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Yes. Those who speak about the Companions are not free from one of two things: either they are hypocrites who hate them, or they are ignorant people who read what is written without discernment, or hear what is said without discernment, and it affects them. It is obligatory for us to be, as stated in the Book and the Sunnah, with the Companions of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): to follow their example, to love them, to invoke mercy upon them, and to seek forgiveness for them[Al-Hashr 59:10]. Yes.
He says: We hear, from time to time, clear and explicit disparagement of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) by the people of innovation, and also by some of our writers. What is our obligation? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Yes. Those who speak about the Companions are not free from one of two things: either they are hypocrites who hate them, or they are ignorant people who read what is written without discernment, or hear what is said without discernment, and it affects them. It is obligatory for us to be, as stated in the Book and the Sunnah, with the Companions of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): to follow their example, to love them, to invoke mercy upon them, and to seek forgiveness for them
And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed
وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-50-منهج أهل السنة والجماعة في الصحابة|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:32)
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