The Saved Sect and the Ruling on Hating the Companions

Question:
What is your advice for the sects that oppose the people of the Sunnah and the community, who hate the people of the Sunnah and the community? What is the saved sect? And what is the ruling on those who hate the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?

Answer:
The saved sect was identified by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in his saying: "Whoever is upon what I am upon and my Companions are upon, that is the saved sect." Whoever is upon what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon, from the Book and the Sunnah—the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger—and what the Salaf of the Ummah were upon, that is the saved sect.
As for hating the people of the Sunnah and the community, or hating the Companions, this is hypocrisy (nifaq), this is hypocrisy, and I seek refuge in Allah. No one hates the Companions except a hypocrite, and no one hates the people of the Sunnah and the community except a hypocrite. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), when He mentioned the Companions at the end of Surat al-Fath, at the end of Surat al-Fath, He said: "Let the disbelievers be grieved by them." So no one is grieved by the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) except a disbeliever or a hypocrite whose hypocrisy is known, and I seek refuge in Allah.