What is the obligation of students of knowledge toward those who dare to speak ill of the Companions?
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Question:
May Allah bless you. This questioner says: One of the pretenders to knowledge dared to describe the Companions as "ghathiyyah" (worthless). When it was explained to him that this is insulting the Companions, he refused to return and repent. What is our obligation, as students of knowledge, toward him?
Answer:
Only a hypocrite, a misguided person, or an innovator insults the Companions. No one with faith in his heart insults the Companions. The Companions have rights, they have honor, and they have a high status.
They are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). They are the best of the ummah (the Muslim community). The best of the ummah, without exception, are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not permissible to belittle them or to insult them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 4658Sahih (Al-Albani) No one can catch up with the Companions in excellence, no matter how much they engage in worship and asceticism; they cannot catch up with the Companions. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says, regarding the Companions, the Muhajireen and the Ansar, and those who came after them: [Al-Hashr 59:10] So, whoever belittles the Companions or any one of them is misguided without a doubt; he is either a disbeliever or an innovator. He is either a disbeliever or a misguided innovator. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
May Allah bless you. This questioner says: One of the pretenders to knowledge dared to describe the Companions as "ghathiyyah" (worthless). When it was explained to him that this is insulting the Companions, he refused to return and repent. What is our obligation, as students of knowledge, toward him?
Answer:
Only a hypocrite, a misguided person, or an innovator insults the Companions. No one with faith in his heart insults the Companions. The Companions have rights, they have honor, and they have a high status.
They are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). They are the best of the ummah (the Muslim community). The best of the ummah, without exception, are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not permissible to belittle them or to insult them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not revile my Companions; by him in whose hand my soul is, if one of you
لا تسبوا أصحابي. فوالذي نفسي بيده لو أنفق أحدكمthe equivalent of Mount Uhud in gold, it would not reach the mudd (a quarter of a sa') of any one of them or his share.
مثل أحد ذهب ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولا نصيبه،And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."
وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الواجب على طلبة العلم نحو من يتجرأون على الصحابة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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