(The Statement of the People of the Sunnah That the Companions Are the Best of Creation After the Prophets, and Their Praise, in Contradiction to the Khawarij and the Rafidah) And bear witness that the Companions of the Mess***enger
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The Shaykh :"And bear witness that the Companions of the Messenger *** are the best of Allah’s creation among humans" in contradiction to the Rafidah, yes.
"Except for the noble prophets, for they *** are the best of the earth, the choice of the Most Merciful, and the best of them" meaning the best of the Companions of the Messenger. "His successors after him *** and the best of them" meaning the best of the caliphs, "truly are the two 'Umar"
So the best of the Ummah is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, then 'Ali. This is what the People of the Sunnah have agreed upon, even though there is disagreement among them regarding the preference between 'Uthman and 'Ali, but their matter settled on the fact that their order in excellence is like their order in the caliphate.
"And the first to be foremost are more deserving *** of precedence than those after them, by clear proof"
By His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Hadid 57:10].
"Each one, according to his precedence, is of a higher rank *** than the one who came after, and the favor is for the bestowers"
O Allah, I ask You of Your great favor.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : This is in terms of names, in names and rulings, but in the Hereafter they are equal with.
"Except for the noble prophets, for they *** are the best of the earth, the choice of the Most Merciful, and the best of them" meaning the best of the Companions of the Messenger. "His successors after him *** and the best of them" meaning the best of the caliphs, "truly are the two 'Umar"
So the best of the Ummah is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, then 'Ali. This is what the People of the Sunnah have agreed upon, even though there is disagreement among them regarding the preference between 'Uthman and 'Ali, but their matter settled on the fact that their order in excellence is like their order in the caliphate.
"And the first to be foremost are more deserving *** of precedence than those after them, by clear proof"
By His saying, the Exalted:
Not equal among you are those who spent before the conquest [of Makkah] and fought [and those who did so after it]. Those are greater in degree than they who spent afterwards and fought. But to all Allah has promised the best [reward]
لا يستوي منكم من أنفق من قبل الفتح وقاتل أولئك أعظم درجة من الذين أنفقوا من بعد وقاتلوا وكلا وعد الله الحسنى"Each one, according to his precedence, is of a higher rank *** than the one who came after, and the favor is for the bestowers"
O Allah, I ask You of Your great favor.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : This is in terms of names, in names and rulings, but in the Hereafter they are equal with.