Does one who insults the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) become a disbeliever?
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The Shaykh : By Allah, this is the statement of the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him).
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... some scholars ... suspend judgment ...
The Shaykh : And by Allah, there is no room for doubt. A person who knows the virtue of the Companions, and by Allah, says:[An-Nisa 4:95] How can Allah count them among the best, and yet all of them become ...? Is this not a denial of what the Qur'an implies?
The student: Shaykh, does insulting the Companions mean insulting all of them, or for example, if a person insults all of them except, say, five or three individuals?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is an error.
The questioner : Is this ...?
The Shaykh : Yes, it necessitates disbelief, because they are now insulting those who are better than the ones they excluded. They are insulting those who are better, as acknowledged by those who made the exception. Therefore, their excluding these individuals is nothing but to mislead people, to mislead them, not because it is the truth, nor because they are Companions.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... some scholars ... suspend judgment ...
The Shaykh : And by Allah, there is no room for doubt. A person who knows the virtue of the Companions, and by Allah, says:
And to both Allah has promised the best [reward]
كلا وعد الله الحسنىThe student: Shaykh, does insulting the Companions mean insulting all of them, or for example, if a person insults all of them except, say, five or three individuals?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is an error.
The questioner : Is this ...?
The Shaykh : Yes, it necessitates disbelief, because they are now insulting those who are better than the ones they excluded. They are insulting those who are better, as acknowledged by those who made the exception. Therefore, their excluding these individuals is nothing but to mislead people, to mislead them, not because it is the truth, nor because they are Companions.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.