What is the ruling on one who speaks about the Companions and criticizes them?
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Question:
This questioner says: There is a preacher in our country who says that the Companions fought over power, the caliphate, and kingship.
Answer:
We ask Allah for safety. This is an unjust, oppressive person. This is fault-finding with the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). It is not permissible to interfere in the affairs of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). As for what occurred between them, they were either scholars who exercised independent legal reasoning and were rewarded, or scholars who exercised independent legal reasoning and were wrong, and their sins were forgiven, forgiven (may Allah be pleased with them). Yes.
This questioner says: There is a preacher in our country who says that the Companions fought over power, the caliphate, and kingship.
Answer:
We ask Allah for safety. This is an unjust, oppressive person. This is fault-finding with the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). It is not permissible to interfere in the affairs of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). As for what occurred between them, they were either scholars who exercised independent legal reasoning and were rewarded, or scholars who exercised independent legal reasoning and were wrong, and their sins were forgiven, forgiven (may Allah be pleased with them). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من تكلم في الصحابة وذمّهم؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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