 و أقولوا في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزاله و أقولوا قال الله جل جلاله والمصطفة الهدي و لا أتأواله أسئل أسئل أسئل أسئل أسئل أسئل أسئل They are very good friends of mine but they insult the companions and I sometimes sit there and laugh I am now starting to feel bad about my actions as I have become more religious What advice can you give me? الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن و ثناء الجميل و أشد الله إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل و أشد أن محمد عبده و رسوله صلى الله عليه و على آله و صحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد It is obligatory upon every Muslim to love the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the family of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم لحب الله تعالى فهو سيكب الله And also because the Prophet loved them عليه الصلاة و السلام الله تباركه تعالى سيزن القرآن فسوف يأتي الله بقوم يحبهم و يحبونه أذلة على المؤمنين ها عزة على الكافرين يجاهدون في سبيل الله ولا يقافون لوما تلاين فسوف يأتي الله و الله will come with بقوم أي بيبول يحبهم و يحبونه They love them and Allah loves them أذلة على المؤمنين They are humble and easy to the believers عزة على الكافرين They are hard and tough on the disbelievers يجاهدون في سبيل الله They strive in the sake of Allah ولا يخافون لوما تلاين And they do not fear the blame of the blamer الله سبحانه وتعالى in many places of the Quran He has praised the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم الله سيزن القرآن محمد رسول الله والذين معه أشداء وعلى الكفاري رحمه بينهم الآية محمد is the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم والذين معه those who are with him those who are with him are his companions and his family أشداء وعلى الكفاري They are tough on the believers They are tough on the disbelievers And they are merciful to the believers الله also says والسابقون الأولون من المهاجرين والأنصار والذين اتبعون بيحسان رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عن وعد لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار وعد لهم جنات تجري تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها أبداء ذلك الفوز العظيم Also the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم يسدى تصب أصحابي The Prophet said do not insult my companions And he don't insult them They don't say anything to belittle them فإن أحدكم The Prophet said if one of you لو أنفق مثل أحدي دهبا If one of you was to give The mountain of أحدي gold ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولا نصيفة The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم He said They would not reach a hand A hand full of grains that they give If you gave the mountain of أحدي gold And small grains Wheat and barley or whatever They gave with their hand like that You will not be the same as this صحاب will still be more than you Also the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم يسألين حريث خير الناس قرني ثم الذين يلونهم ثم الذين يلونهم The best generation is mine And those to come later And those to come later So the Prophet is praising them عليه الصلاة والسلام He is giving them the khairiyah That they are the most virtuous of people Also the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم يسالب أبو بكر يسأل لو كنت متقدا من أمتي خليلا لاتخدت أبا بكر ولكن أخي وصاحبي The Prophet said if I was to take anyone As a Khalil Then I would have taken Abu Bakr as my Khalil But he is my brother And he is my companion And then after him comes Omar And then Uthman And then Ali رضي الله عنهم وارضاهم May Allah be pleased with each and every one of them Because Ali the Prophet himself said خير هذه الأمة بعد النبيها أبو بكر ثم عمارا ولو شئت لسميته الثالثة علي بن أبي طارب And he said The best in this Ummah after the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Is Abu Bakr And then Omar And then Ali said If you want me to I can tell you the third يعني he meant Uthman رضي الله عنهم عبد الله بن عمر And he said كنا نقول والنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حيون We used to say while the Prophet was alive أبو بكر ثم عمارا ثم عثمان We used to say أبو بكر We say أبو بكر And then we used to say ثم ع after that we would say ثم عمر We would say عمر Then ثم عثمان And then we would say عثمان ثم علي you And then we would say علي فبلغ ذلك النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم And this issue reached the Prophet he said فلم يون كيرها The Prophet did not reject our action So it's obligatory Upon a Muslim To stay away talking about the companions In any bad way And you should be silent about the dispute That took place between them They are brothers What happened between them is between them This is أصول أهل سنة والجماعة We don't speak about what took place between the companions It's We don't look into those issues We don't request and ask about it Because we don't want our hearts to enter it الغل والبوض والحسد And animosity and hate Towards the companions We protect our tongues from speaking about them Because we love them And we want to fall under the ayah والذين جاءوا من بعدهم يقولون ربنا غفلنا والإخوان إن الذين سبقون بالإيمان ولا تجعل في قلوبنا غلل للذين آمن وربنا إنك روافر رحيم We want to make dua for our brothers who preceded us in faith and iman And in righteous action We don't want our hearts to be filled with hate and animosity towards them Also It is not permissible To smile and laugh and joke With someone who is insulting the companions Of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم This is عقيدة الولاي والبرا If someone is insulting the companions and you are in that gathering You need to get up and leave You shouldn't sit there Because أوثق عرى الإيمان The highest branch of an iman is الحب في الله والبغض في الله To love for the sake of Allah And hate for the sake of Allah It is لوازم الشهادتين And it's a shardum من شروطها It's a condition from the conditions of la ilaha illallah Which is you hate and you love for the sake of Allah الله تبارك وتعالى يسدن القرآن وَدُولَهُ تُدْهِنُوا فَيُدْهِنُونَ They want you to come close The rafid and the shia When they insulted the companions You leave them and you go away from them You don't sit around And if you sit there You have to defend the companions And you have to show that These companions are noble and righteous Because the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Told us In the hadith أُنصُ أخاكَ ظالِمًا أو مظلُومًا Give victory to your brother Whether he's oppressing or he's being oppressed The man he said يا رسول الله أُنصُ رُهُ إِذَا كَانَ مظلُومًا I can give victory to him If he's been oppressed أفرأيت إِذَا كَانَ ظالِمًا كَيْفًا أُنصُ رُهُمًا But if he's the one who's oppressing How do I give victory to him? The Prophet said تَحَجُزُهُ أو تَمْلَعُهُ مِنَ الظُلْمِ You stop him And you prohibit him From oppression فإنَّ ذَالِكَ The Prophet said This is نَصُرُهُ giving victory to him So if this person carries on insulting the companions after that Then you should leave that gathering قال تعالى الله سيز ولا تَرْقَنُوا إِلَّا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّقُمُوا الْنَارَ الله تبارك وتعالى He said Don't lean towards the oppressors and the wrongdoers Don't sit with them Laugh with them فَتَمَسَّقُمُ الْنَارَ So for help I will touch you ومالك من دون الله من أولياء ثم لا تنصرون الله سبحان وتعالى also said وقد نزل عليكم في الكتاب أن إذا سمعتم آيات الله يُكفر بها ويستهزاء بها فلا تقعدوا معهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره إنكم إذا مثلهم Also the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم He said لا تصاحب إلا مؤمنة ولا يأكل طعامك إلا تقي Don't be a friend Don't be a friend Don't be a friend Have friendship With a person who is insulting the companions Be friends with a person who is righteous as a believer لا تصاحب إلا مؤمنة Do not be a friend except with a believer ولا يأكل طعامك إلا تقي ولا يأكل طعامك إلا تقي And don't let your food be eaten by except a pious person Also the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم He said المهاجر من هجر السيئات The person who migrated is the one who migrates evil actions You migrate an evil person and you migrate from a person who is corrupt I'm going to stop there Insha'Allah Anything which I've said that was wrong or incorrect is from me Insha'Allah I'm going to stop there Insha'Allah Insha'Allah If you have any questions you'd like to see answered as part of this series then you can email us at questionsatamau.org