The ruling on one who slanders Abu Hurayrah and declares him a disbeliever

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Can it be inferred from Abu Hurayrah’s question to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—asking him to ask Allah to make him beloved to the believing servants, and his mother as well—that those who slander Abu Hurayrah and declare him a disbeliever are not believers, and that they are disbelievers, and that they are thereby declared disbelievers?

Answer:
It is obligatory to love all the Companions; it is obligatory to love all the Companions, Abu Hurayrah and others. No one opposes the Companions except a hypocrite. One who has faith in his heart never opposes the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). For this reason, it is said that the disbelievers are grieved by them. The one who is grieved by the Companions is among the disbelievers, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.