So he guided his Ummah (the Muslim community) who responded to Allah and His Messenger, and they are the best of creation from among the Companions, the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions), and those who followed them with excellence.
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The Shaykh :"So he guided his Ummah (the Muslim community) who responded to Allah and His Messenger, and they are the best of creation from among the Companions, the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions), and those who followed them with excellence". They are the best of creation by nature, after the prophets, because the best of creation are the prophets, then the truthful ones, then the martyrs, then the righteous. These three categories after the prophets are all present among the Companions; among them are the truthful one, the martyr, and the righteous. Thus, they are the best of this Ummah (the Muslim community).