Does distinguishing between the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) necessitate belittling the one who is less preferred?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does distinguishing between the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) necessitate belittling the one who is less preferred?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. One does not belittle the one who is less preferred among the Companions, for he is a Companion, and it is not permissible to belittle him. However, Allah prefers some people over others. Allah prefers some of the messengers over others.[Al-Baqarah 2:253] Does this mean that the one who is less preferred among the messengers is deficient? No, but these are ranks that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, establishes. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does distinguishing between the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) necessitate belittling the one who is less preferred?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. One does not belittle the one who is less preferred among the Companions, for he is a Companion, and it is not permissible to belittle him. However, Allah prefers some people over others. Allah prefers some of the messengers over others.
Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others.
تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [249 -308] هل التفاضل بين الصحابة رضوان الله عليهم يستلزم الانتقاص من المفضول؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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