What is meant by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “The one among them has the reward of fifty of you”?

Question:
(peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) I see them, and the reward of one of them is equal to fifty of you. Who are these people whose one person’s reward equals that of fifty of the Companions, even though the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) are the best of the generations?

Answer:
This is authentic from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). These are the strangers (ghuraba) in the end times. When people become corrupt and they hold fast to this religion and are patient against harm despite their small numbers, one of them attains the reward of fifty of the Companions in this aspect only. However, the Companions have many other rewards besides this. So he is better than them in this aspect, but they are better than him in many aspects. No one can catch up to the Companions. If he attained this in one trait, they attained more than this in many traits. A specific virtue does not negate a general virtue, as they say. So these people are not absolutely better than the Companions; rather, they are better than the Companions in this aspect only, which is being strangers, patience in the religion, and patience against harm. This is because the Companions were gathered around the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was among them, and revelation was descending. But in the end times, there are no supporters and no helpers, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is not among them, and yet they were patient.
And they believed. So in this aspect only, they attained this great reward. Yes.