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Do not curse my Companions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Prophet (saw - may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) praised theCompanions (ra - may Allah be pleased with them all) and warned Muslims against

attacking or insulting them. For example, Al-Bukhari, Muslim, and other traditionalists

relate from Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (ra) that Allah s Messenger (saw) warned:-

Do not curse my Companions (ra)! Do not curse my Companions (ra)! I swear by Himin Whose Hand my life is, that even if one among you had as much gold as Mount Uhud

and spent it in the way of Allah, this would not be equal in reward to a handful spent by

them or even to its half.This is certainly so, because they accepted Islam and preached and protected it when

circumstances were most severe. Besides, according to the rule the cause is like the doer,

the reward gained by all Muslims until the Last Day has been, and will be, added to therecord of the Companions (ra), without, of course, diminishing anything from the reward of

the doers themselves. Had it not been for the efforts of the Companions (ra) to spread

Islam, to convey it to the peoples of the world, no one could possibly have known of Islam

or, therefore, of being Muslim. So, all the Muslims coming after the Companions

(ra) should feel indebted to the Companions (ra) and rather than thinking of criticizingthem, should pray for them as the Quran teaches us to.

(As for those who came after them, they say, Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers whopreceded us in belief, and put not into our hearts any rancor towards those who believe.

Our Lord, surely You are the All-Gentle, the All-Compassionate) (Al-Hashr 59:10).

At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban quoted Abdullah ibn Mughaffal that Allahs Messenger (saw)warned:-

Fear Allah; fear Allah and (Refrain from using bad language) about my Companions (ra)!

(he said it twice) Do not make them the target of your attacks after me! Whoever lovesthem, loves them on account of his love of me; whoever hates them, hates them on account

of his hatred of me. He who maligns (To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements

about; speak evil of) them, has maligned me, and he who maligns me, has maligned Allah,and it is embedment that Allah punishes those who malign him.As recorded in authentic books of tradition, including Al-Bukhari and Muslim, Allahs

Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) declared:-

The best of people are those living in my time. Then come those who follow them, andthen come those who follow them.

The time of the Companions (ra) and the two succeeding generations, was the time of

truthfulness. People of great righteousness and scholars of utmost exactitude appearedamong those first three generations of Islam. Among the later generations were many who

told lies and perjured themselves in order to reinforce false beliefs or for worldly aims.

In hisHilyat al-Awliya, Abu Nu`aym quotes Abdullah ibn Umar (ra) as saying:-

Whoever desires to follow a straight path, should follow the path of those who passedaway. They are the Companions (saw) of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

They are the best among his Ummah, the purest in heart, the deepest in knowledge, and the

farthest from false display of piety. They are a community whom Allah chose for thecompany of His Prophet (saw) and the conveyance of His religion. Try to be like them in

conduct and follow their way. I swear by Allah, the Lord of the Ka`bah, that they were on

true guidance.As recorded by At-Tabarani and Ibn Al-Athir, Abdullah ibn Mas`ud, who was among the

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first to embrace Islam in Makkah and sent to Kufah as a teacher by Umar, said

Allah looked at the hearts of His true servants and chose Muhammad (peace and blessingsbe upon him) to send to His creatures as a Messenger. Then, He looked at the hearts of

people and chose Muhammads Companions (ra) as the helpers of His religion and the

viziers of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Concerning the Companions, Ibn Mas`ud also saidYou may excel the Companions (ra) in fasting, praying and in striving to worship Allah

better. Yet they are better than you. For they give no heed to the world and are most

desirous of the Hereafter.