Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 468

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الأُمَّةُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَقْسَامٍ: مُهَاجِرُونَ، وَأَنْصَارٌ، وَمَنْ جَاؤُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، وَقَدْ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ فِي آيَتَيْنِ فِي القُرْآنِ مِنْهَا قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنصَارِ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَانٍ رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ﴾ [التَّوْبَة: ١٠٠]، هَؤُلَاءِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَصْنَافٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ فِي سُورَةِ الْحَشْرِ: ﴿لِلْفُقَرَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا مِن دِيَارِهِمْ وَأَمْوَالِهِمْ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانًا وَيَنصُرُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الصَّادِقُونَ * وَالَّذِينَ تَبَوَّؤُوا الدَّارَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ يُحِبُّونَ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ حَاجَةً مِّمَّا أُوتُوا وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ * وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ﴾ [الْحَشْر: ٨-١٠].

(from previous page) ⟵ Muslim extracted it in the Book of Wills, Chapter: What Reaches a Person of Reward After His Death, number of the Ummah is three categories: Migrants (Muhajirun), Supporters (Ansar), and those who came after them. Allah has gathered this in two verses in the Quran, among them is His saying, the Most High: "And the first forerunners [in Islam] among the Muhajirin and the Ansar and those who followed them with good conduct - Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him" [At-Tawbah: 100]. These are three types, and likewise in Surat Al-Hashr: "[A share for] the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and their properties, seeking bounty from Allah and [His] approval and supporting Allah and His Messenger - those are the truthful. And [also for] those who were settled in the home [i.e., Medina] and [in] faith before them, who love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts of what the [emigrants] were given but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful. And [also for] those who came after them and say, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and do not place in our hearts any malice toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful" [Al-Hashr:

فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَى الصَّحَابَةِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ، وَيُحِبُّهُمْ، فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ - يَعْنِي يُحْشَرُ مَعَهُمْ - وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَسُبُّ الصَّحَابَةَ، وَلَا يَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَا يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ؛ فَإِنَّهُمْ بَرِيئُونَ مِنْهُ، وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ حَقٌّ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ؛ لِأَنَّ الصَّحَابَةَ هُمُ الْوَاسِطَةُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّذِينَ بَلَّغُوا شَرِيعَةَ اللَّهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، وَالرَّسُولُ هُوَ الْوَاسِطَةُ الَّتِي بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ رَبِّنَا، الَّذِي بَلَّغَنَا كَلَامَ رَبِّنَا، فَإِذَا طَعَنَ أَحَدٌ فِي الْوَاسِطَةِ الَّتِي بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ؛ فَهُوَ طَعْنٌ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ كُلِّهَا، الشَّرِيعَةُ كُلُّهَا لَا قِيمَةَ لَهَا إِذَا كَانَ الَّذِينَ نَقَلُوهَا إِلَيْنَا فَسَقَةٌ أَوْ فَجَرَةٌ، أَوْ مَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ، وَخَاصَّةً الطَّعْنَ فِي أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَسُبُّهُمَا أَحَدٌ، وَفِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ أَبَدًا، وَلَا سِيَّمَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا؛ لِأَنَّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ أَتْبَاعِ الرُّسُلِ عَلَى الْإِطْلَاقِ، لَيْسَ فِي أَتْبَاعِ نُوحٍ، وَلَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَلَا مُوسَى، وَلَا عِيسَى، وَلَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَفْضَلُ.

If you see a man praying for God’s mercy upon the Companions, seeking forgiveness for them, and loving them, know that he is one of them—meaning he will be gathered with them. Conversely, if you see a man insulting the Companions, refusing to pray for them or seek forgiveness for them, they are innocent of him, and he is innocent of them; he has no standing in this community. The Companions are the bridge between us and the Messenger of God; they conveyed God’s law from him. The Messenger, in turn, is the bridge between us and our Lord, having conveyed God’s word to us. Attacking the bridge between us and the Messenger is an attack on the entire law. The law itself loses its value if those who transmitted it were corrupt, immoral, or the like. This is especially true regarding attacks on Abu Bakr and Umar. No one who has even a mustard seed’s weight of faith in his heart would ever insult them. They are the absolute best of all followers of the prophets; no followers of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, or even Muhammad are superior to them.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (31 verbs · 39 nouns)

• جَاءَ — to come
• جَمَعَ — to gather
• اِتَّبَعَ — to follow
• أُمَّة — nation
• قِسْم — part
• مُهَاجِر — emigrant