What is the ruling on insulting the Companions?
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Question:
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: Is insulting the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), specifically Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and 'Umar (may Allah the Exalted be pleased with them all), disbelief? Please give us a ruling, and may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Insulting the Companions, or any one of them, is disbelief and hypocrisy. No one hates them except a hypocrite or a disbeliever. It is not permissible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 4658Sahih (Al-Albani) a share. So loving them is part of loving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and hating them is part of hating the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
May Allah the Exalted reward you with good. This questioner asks: Is insulting the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), specifically Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and 'Umar (may Allah the Exalted be pleased with them all), disbelief? Please give us a ruling, and may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Insulting the Companions, or any one of them, is disbelief and hypocrisy. No one hates them except a hypocrite or a disbeliever. It is not permissible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not revile my Companions; by him in whose hand my soul is, if one of you contributed the amount of gold equivalent to Uhud, it would not amount to as much as the mudd of one of them, or
لا تسبوا أصحابي، فوالذي نفسي بيده، لو أنفق أحدكم مثل أحد ذهبا ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم سب الصحابة ؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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