The Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Whoever hurts them (the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم) hurts me, and whoever hurts me displeased Allah Almighty. And whoever displeases Allah Almighty, soon Allah Almighty will hold him to account. (Mishkat, vol. 2, pp. 414, Hadees 6014)

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Do not speak ill of my companions. I swear by the one under whose omnipotence my life is! If anyone of you even spends gold equivalent to the mount Uhud (in the path of Allah Almighty), still he cannot reach the amount of one Mudd (approx. 1 Kg.) or even half of it of any one of them. (Abu Dawood, vol. 4, pp. 282, Hadees 4658)

Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen, Maula-e-Ka’inaat, Ali-ul-Murtada رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: “Indeed, Allah Almighty has made the love of Abu Bakr, Umar, Usman and Ali رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُم Fard (obligatory) upon you the way Salah, Sawm, Zakah and Hajj have been made Fard upon you. So whosoever keeps enmity towards even any one of them, then Allah Almighty will neither accept his Salah, nor Zakah, nor Sawm and nor Hajj. Moreover, he will be thrown in the Hell from the grave. (Musnad-ul-Firdaus, vol. 1, pp. 173, Hadees 645)

Declaring war against Allah Almighty

Imam Ibn-e-Hajar Makki Shaafi’i رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: One who swore at all the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم or any one of them, he declared war against Allah Almighty. And the one who declared war against Allah Almighty, Allah Almighty will destroy and disgrace him. This is the reason why the Islamic scholars say: ‘If the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم are spoken ill of in front of somebody, for example associating any fault towards them, then stopping from indulging in it is not only Wajib for him, rather, just like all other evils, it is Wajib upon him to deny it according to his power and capability; first through hand, then through tongue and lastly denying it in the heart. In fact, this sin is the severest. (Jahannam Mayn lay Janay walay a’maal, pp. 834)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد