سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب السنةModel Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
باب فِي التَّفْضِيلِChapter: Order Of The Companions In Respect Of Merit.
Hadith 4630
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي الْفِرْيَابِيَّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ ، يَقُولُ : " مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِالْوِلَايَةِ مِنْهُمَا فَقَدْ خَطَّأَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرَ ، وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ ، وَالْأَنْصَارَ ، وَمَا أُرَاهُ يَرْتَفِعُ لَهُ مَعَ هَذَا عَمَلٌ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ " .
Muhammad al-Firyabl said: I heard Sufyan say: If anyone thinks that ‘All (Allah be pleased with him) was more deserving for the Caliphate than both of them, he imputed error to Abu Bakr, Umar, the Muhajirun (Immigrants), and the Ansar (Helpers) Allah be pleased with all of them. I think that with this (belief) none of his action will rise to the heaven.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The Muhajirun and Ansar and all the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) are that honored group among all of humanity whom Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, selected for the companionship of His Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and for the support of His religion.
So how can the collective opinion of all of them be declared invalid?
Undoubtedly, after the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), no one is infallible, but were they so lacking that they were incapable of conducting their collective affairs upon the path of truth and correctness?
Far be it! Never! Indeed, just as they excelled in knowledge and virtue, they were also the most superior and distinguished in understanding and insight, and it is on account of these very virtues that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, praised them in the Noble Qur’an.
Whomever they appointed as their leader through their consultation (shura), he was, in the true sense, among the most excellent of people.
The Muhajirun and Ansar and all the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) are that honored group among all of humanity whom Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, selected for the companionship of His Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and for the support of His religion.
So how can the collective opinion of all of them be declared invalid?
Undoubtedly, after the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), no one is infallible, but were they so lacking that they were incapable of conducting their collective affairs upon the path of truth and correctness?
Far be it! Never! Indeed, just as they excelled in knowledge and virtue, they were also the most superior and distinguished in understanding and insight, and it is on account of these very virtues that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, praised them in the Noble Qur’an.
Whomever they appointed as their leader through their consultation (shura), he was, in the true sense, among the most excellent of people.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4630
