Fatwa #3658327 January 2019India
Status of Sahabah
Question
If somebody express the status in following words:
"Ststus of a wali cannot even reach equal to the status of dust inside the nostrills of the horse of Sahaba."
Then, is there any disrespect of auliya?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
You refer to the following statement:
Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak Rahimahullah was asked, who has more virtue, Umar Bin Abdul aziz Rahimahullah or Hadhrat Muaawiyah Radhiallahu Anhu.
Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak Rahimahullah replied, the dust in the nose of the horse of Muawiyyah Radhiallahu Anhu is better than Umar Bin Abdul aziz Rahimahullah .[1]
The above statement indicates towards the virtue of a Sahabi to a Non-Sahabi. There is no form of disrespect to the Awliyaah in this statement.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Muhammad I.V Patel
Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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[1] مرقاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح (8/ 3397)
وَلِذَا لَمَّا سُئِلَ بَعْضُ الْأَكَابِرِ: عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَفْضَلُ أَمْ مُعَاوِيَةُ؟ قَالَ: لَغُبَارُ أَنْفِ فَرَسِ مُعَاوِيَةَ حِينَ غَزَا فِي رِكَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَفْضَلُ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ. إِذْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ الْمُقَرَّرَةِ أَنَّ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَالْأَوْلِيَاءَ مِنَ الْأُمَّةِ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ مَبْلَغَ الصَّحَابَةِ الْكُبَرَاءِ، وَقَدْ أَشَارَ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَعْنَى قَوْلُهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى: {لَا يَسْتَوِي مِنْكُمْ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَقَاتَلَ أُولَئِكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَنْفَقُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَقَاتَلُوا} [الحديد: 10] ، وَكَذَا قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ} [التوبة: 100] ، وَقَوْلُهُ: {وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ - أُولَئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ} [الواقعة: 10 - 11]