Sayyidunā Abu Bakr, Sayyidunā Umar, Sayyidunā Usman and Sayyidunā Ali رَضِیَ اللہُ عنہم were present there, giving people water to drink. I came to Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ because I was very proud of him; I loved him a lot and considered him superior to the other three caliphs. However, he turned his blessed face away from me. Because I was very thirsty, I repeatedly went to the three caliphs, but each of them turned their face away from me.

Then my sight came to rest upon the beloved Prophet  صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, so presenting myself in his court, I said, “O Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ did not give me water to drink, rather he turned away his face.”

The beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, “How can he give you water? You hold enmity towards my Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ!”

Hearing this, I became certain of the corruptness of my beliefs, so with utmost remorse, I repented at the blessed hands of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and he gave me a vessel from which I drank. Then my eyes opened. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـهِ Ever since I drank the water from the hands of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, I no longer feel thirst at all. After this dream, I encouraged my family members to repent. I maintained connections with those that repented and accepted the way of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-JamāꜤah, and I severed ties with the rest.^[1]

Dear Islamic brothers, it is evident from this account that the sign of a true Muslim is that he acknowledges the excellence of all the Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ. If a person loves some of the Companions   عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ and holds enmity towards others, he is in grave error.