...
Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)
said: “Do not revile the Companions of Muhammad (peace be upon him) for an hour
of their sitting (he means with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him) is
better than the deeds of any of you for forty years”.
In another narration related by Waki`, the Prophet
(peace be upon him) said: (...Is better than the deeds of any of you in their
whole life).
Therefore, whoever curses any of the Sahabah (may Allah be pleased with them all) of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) will be entitled to a serious punishment according to the consensus of Muslim scholars.
However, they
(Muslim scholars), disagreed on whether they should be sentenced to death or
not.
(Part No. 2; Page No. 462)
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