Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

Secondly, from the noble Sunnah:
Ḥadīth 1:
عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:‏ لتسبوا أصحابي،‏ فلو أن
أحدكم أنفق مثل أحد ذهبا ما بلغ مد أحدهم ول نصيفه
Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī I narrates that Rasūl Allāh H said, “Do not
revile my Companions, for if one of you were to spend gold equivalent to
the mount of Uḥud it would not reach the Mudd 1 of any of them, nay not
even half of it.” 2
This ḥadīth clearly establishes their virtue and lofty rank, for Nabī H
forbade from reviling them. He attributed them to himself by using the personal
possessive pronoun Yā (my). He also informed us that the great contributions of
others are not equal to their little.
This prohibition was primarily for those who accompanied him H at a
later stage, then how much more emphasised would it be for those who did not
accompany him at all? One should bear in mind that the superiority of the later
Ṣaḥābah over those who succeeded them is just like the superiority of the early
Ṣaḥābah over them. 3
Ḥadīth 2:
عن أبي موسى الشعري رضي الله عنه قال:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:‏ قال النجوم أمنة للسماء
فإذا ذهبت النجوم أتى السماء ما توعد وأنا أمنة لصحابي فإذا ذهبت أتى أصحابي ما يوعدون وأصحابي
أمنة لمتي فإذا ذهب أصحابي أتى أمتي ما يوعدون
1 A measurement which is equal to 0.688 litres.
2 The reference has passed already on p. 28. (Add page number)
3 Al-Faṣl fī al-Milal wa al-Ahwāʾ wa al-Niḥal 4/92; al-Ṣārim al-Maslūl 3/1077; Fatḥ al-Bārī 7/42; Fatḥ al-
Mughīth 3/110.
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