How can one claim the superiority of the Companions when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command them and prohibit them?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 4658Sahih (Al-Albani), how can this hadith be evidence for the virtue of the Companions, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to address some of the Companions themselves and prohibit them?
Answer:
Yes, he addressed them and they stopped, and he commanded them and they complied. This is their virtue: that when he addressed them, they complied and obeyed. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
if one of you contributed the amount of gold equivalent to Uhud
لو أنفق أحدكم مثل أحد ذهباAnswer:
Yes, he addressed them and they stopped, and he commanded them and they complied. This is their virtue: that when he addressed them, they complied and obeyed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [299 -560] كيف يقال بأفضيلة الصحابة مع أن الرسول ﷺ كان يأمرهم وينهاهم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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