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In the Name of Allh, the Most Gracious, the Most

Merciful

Introduction

All praises belong to Allah. May the prayer, the peace,and the blessing be upon His Slave and Messenger our

Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions. To

proceed: From the mercy of Allah upon His servants, His

kindness to them, and His benevolence upon them is that

He sent a Messenger for them from among themselves; in

order to convey to them His Lords message, to guide

them to all that is beneficial for them, and to warn them

from all that is harmful for them. Indeed, the hesallallahu

alayhe wa sallam carried out what he was sent with

perfectly and completely. He directed his nation to every

good, warned it from every evil, and he advised

extensively. Indeed, Allah chose a people for hiscompanionship and receiving of the legislation from him

whom were the best of this nation, which is the best of all

nations. Thus, He honored them with the companionship

of His Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam and favored

them by the looking at him in this worldly life, listeningto his narrations from his honorable mouth, and this is

from the bounty of Allah, which He gives to whom He

wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.

Evidences from the Quraan and Sunnah on the Virtue

of the Companions and Their Great Status

Indeed, the companions conveyed from the Messenger of

Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam what Allah sent him

with from the light and guidance upon the most complete

and perfect arrangement. Thus, there is for them the great

reward, for their companionship of the Messenger Allahsallallahu alayhe wa sallam, their jihaad (struggle) with

him in the way of Allah, their great deeds in the spread of

Islam, and for them is the same rewards of those after

them because they are the intermediary between them and

the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam.

Since, the one who calls to the guidance for him is thereward similar to the reward of those who followed him

that does not reduce their (Performers) rewards in

anything, as that is established from the Messenger of

Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam in the hadith, which

Imam Muslim related in his authentic hadith book.

Certainly, Allah has praised them in His Precious Book,

the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe wa sallam

praised them in his pure sunnah, and he perceived that

about them in admiration and honor. He, the Most High,

said, And the foremost to embrace Islam of the

Muhajirun and the Ansar and also those who followed

them exactly (in Faith). Allah is well pleased with them as

they are well pleased with Him. He has prepared for them

Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell

therein forever. That is the supreme success (9:100).

And He, the Most High, said, Muhammad is the

Messenger of Allah. And those who are with him are

severe against disbelievers, and merciful among

themselves. You see them bowing and falling down

prostrate (in prayer), seeking bounty from Allah and (His)

Good Pleasure. The mark of them (of their Faith) is on

their faces (foreheads) from the traces of prostration

(during prayers). This is their description in the Taurat

(Torah). But their description in the Injil is like a (sown)

seed, which sends forth its shoot, then makes it strong,

and becomes thick and it stands straight on its stem,

delighting the sowers, that He may enrage the

disbelievers with them. Allah has promised those among

them who believe and do righteous good deeds,

forgiveness and a mighty reward (Paradise) (48:29).

And in His saying, That He may enrage the disbelievers

with them regarding the honorable companions radi

Allahu anhum is a dangerous decree, brutal threat, and

severe warning for one who is angry with the companions

of the Messenger of Allahsallallahu alayhe wa sallam orthere is rancor in his heart against them.

Also, Allah said, And those who came after them say: Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have

preceded us in Faith, and put not in our hearts any hatred

against those who have believed. Our Lord! You areindeed full of kindness, Most Merciful (59:10).

Therefore, Aysha radi Allahu anha said to Urwah bin Az-

Zubayr about the affair of some of these deserted ones,

They were ordered to seek forgiveness for the

companions of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe

wa sallam but they curse them (Sahih Muslim).

Additionally, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhe

wa sallam said, Do not curse my companions, do not

curse my companions, for by Him in Whose Hand my soul

is even if one of you spent mountain Uhud amount of gold

(in the way of Allah), it would not equal to (in reward)with the handful of one of them nor even half of it (Sahih

Muslim).

All of the Companions are Equal

The companions of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu

alayhe w sallam are all just according to the regulation of

Allah, the Most High, for them and praise of His

Messengersallallahu alayhe wa sallam for them. ImamAn-Nawawee said in the Taqreeb, which Imam As-

Suyutee explained in the Tadreb Raawee, All of the

companions are equal, whoever mixed with the trial and

other than them with the concession of one who considers

it end.

Imam Al-Hafith Ibn Hajr said in Al-Ishaabah, Ahlsus

Sunnah agreed that All (the Companions) are equal, and

no one disagreed with that except for the exceptional ones

from the people of innovation end.

Summary of the Creed of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah

About the Companions

The belief of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah regarding them

is moderate between the two extremists, the excessiveness

and the negligence. It is moderate amongst the excessiveextremists who rise whomever they glorify from amongst

them to that which does not fit expect to Allah or His

Messengersallallahu alayhe wa sallam. Additionally, it is

moderate amongst negligent extremists who disparage

them and curse them. They are moderate between the

harshness and negligence. They love all the companionsradi Allahu anhum and give them their due status, which

they deserve by justice and fairness. They do not raise

them to that which does not suit them nor do they take

away from them what befits them. Their tongue is moist

with their good remembrance and their heart is filled by

the love of them.

And whats authentic regarding what took place amongst

them, they are Mujtahed (Striving to reach correct

position) in that. They are either correct, then for them are

the reward of being correct and the Ijtihaad (Striving) or

they are incorrect, then for them is the reward of Ijtihaadand their mistake is forgiven. They are not infallible but

human beings could be correct and incorrect. However,

how great are their correctness compared to the

correctness of other than them, and how few are their

error compared to the error of other than them, and there

is for them forgiveness and pleasure from Allah. Thebooks of people of sunnah are filled with this pure creed

regarding these chosen elites from the mankind for the

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companionship of the best of mankind sallallahu alayhe

wa sallam and may Allah be pleased with them all.

From the Statements of the Imams of Salaf About the

Companions

Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said in his Aqeedatul

Wasatiyyah: From the principle of Ahlus Sunnah wal

Jamaah is the integrity of the heart and the tongue about

the Companions of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu

alayhe wa sallam as Allah has described them in His

saying: And those who came after them say:Our Lord!

Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in

Faith, and put not in our hearts any hatred against those

who have believed. Our Lord! You are indeed full of

kindness, Most Merciful (59:10).

And in obedience to the saying of the Prophet sallallahualayhe wa sallam: Do not curse my companions, do not

curse my companions, for by Him in Whose Hand my soul

is even if one of you spent mountain Uhud amount of gold

(in the way of Allah), it would not equal to (in reward)

with the handful of one of them nor even half of it (SahihMuslim).

Also, they accept what came in the Book (of Allah), the

Sunnah, and the Concession (of the Scholars) regarding

their virtues, their levels, and they prefer those who spent

before the Victory and it is the treaty of Hudaybiyah and fought. They prefer the Muhajerun (Immigrants) over

the Ansar (The Helpers of Madinah), and they believe that

Allah said about the people of Badr and they were three

hundreds and few tens men -: Do what you wish for I

indeed forgave you. Additionally, they believe that no

one who took the pledge under the tree will enter theHellfire as the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam

informed them.

The Defamation of the Companions is the Defamation

of Quraan and Sunnah

It is necessary to call attention to that the defamation of

these chosen elites radi Allahu anhum is a defamation of

the deen. Thats because it did not reach those after them

except by way of them. It preceded in the statement of

Abee Jurah, his saying: Indeed! This Quraan and Sunnah

were only brought to us by the companions of theMessenger of Allahsallallahu alayhe wa sallam and they

only want to hurt our witnesses to falsify the Book and

the Sunnah, but the hurt to them is more suitable. They

are the heretics, meaning those who disparage anyone

from the companions radi Allahu anhum.

The Defamation of the Companions Does Not Harm

Them

Indeed! The defamation of the companions does not hurt

them at all. In fact, it benefits them as in the hadith of the

foremost bankrupt, and the defamer does not harm anyone

but himself. Therefore, whoever finds in his heart love for

them (The companions), safe from the rancor against

them, and his tongue is preserved from the opposition to

them except in good, then he should praise Allah for this

blessing, and ask Allah for steadfastness upon this

guidance. And whoever finds rancor in his heart for them,

and his tongue unlashes what does not suit them by

recalling them, then he should fear Allah for himself, pullaway from these crimes, and he should repent to Allah so

long the door repentance is open in front of him before he

regrets when the regret wont benefit him.

Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth)after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You.

Truly, You are the Bestower. (3:8). Our Lord! Forgive

us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and

put not in our hearts any hatred against those who have

believed. Our Lord! You are indeed full of kindness, Most

Merciful (59:10).

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