Sahaba - The Blessed

of the Sahâba ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ had attained
ridâ-i-ilâhî (love and approval of Allâhu ta’âlâ), that their hearts
were pure and true and blessed with Sekina, and that they would
be rewarded with Fat-h-i-qarîb (conquest which is very close); all
these blessings clearly testify about the greatness of their grade
and honour.
Another âyat-i-kerîma of Fat-h sûra purports, “Those who
have made homage to you, i.e. those who have promised with
solemn resolution that they will keep you company in your Holy
Wars and Jihâd and in your endeavours to propagate the Islamic
religion, to admonish My slaves and to guide them to the right
way; they have made mubâye’a (a covenent) with Allah jalla
shânuhû.”
Another âyat-i-kerîma purports, “They love Allâhu ta’âlâ. And
Allâhu ta’âlâ loves them, too.” As is seen, all the Sahâba-i-kirâm
‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ had attained a grade where
one loves Allâhu ta’âlâ and is loved by Him.
It is purported in Tawba sûra, “Allâhu ta’âlâ is pleased with the
inhabitants of Mekka-i-mukarrama, who have been called
Muhâjirîn, with the inhabitants of Medîna-i-munawwara, who
have been called Ansâr, and with those who follow them in
goodness. And they, too, are pleased with Allâhu ta’âlâ.” Hadrat
Mu’âwiya ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ was one of the great ones and
notables of the Sahâba who lived in Mekka-i-mukarrama.
The sublime meaning of the seventy-second âyat of Anfâl sûra
is: “All these people have furnished a dwelling for the Prophet
‘alaihis-salâtu wa-s-salâm’ among themselves and helped and
supported him in his spreading the Islamic religion.” As Imâm
Mâlik ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ stated, during the conquest of
Damascus, the Damascene Christians acknowledged, “The Ashâb
(Companions) of your Prophet are better than our Apostles. For,
their names are mentioned and they are praised in the Torah and
in the Gospels.”
Imâm Mâlik ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ took the above âyat-i-kerîma
of the sûra-i-Fat-h as a basis for his conclusion that those who
disliked the Ashâb-i-kirâm would become disbelievers. Imâm
Shâfi’î ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’ also reached the same conclusion.
As these âyat-i-kerîmas and hadîth-i-sherîfs show, Allâhu ta’âlâ
and His Messenger ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ recognized all
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