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The ruling on describing the Companions as "ghatha'" (scattered debris) based on the hadith (but you are like the scattered debris of a flood)?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "The nations will gather against you as those who eat a meal gather around its platter." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, is it because of our small numbers?" He said, "No, but you are like the scattered debris of a flood." He asks: Is it permissible to apply this hadith to the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)? And is the one who describes them as "ghatha'" considered to be insulting them and diminishing their status?

Answer:
Yes, the one who describes them in this way is insulting them and diminishing their status. The hadith is only about the people of the end of time. In the end of time, the Muslims will be in this state. Their idols will be like the idols of a thing. It is likely that the nations will gather against you. This is a future matter; this is in the future. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1882- 4717] حكم وصف الصحابة بأنهم غثاء مستدلا بحديث (ولكنكم غثاء كغثاء السيل)؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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