Ali Shukri Amin

Reddit reply in r/AcademicQuran: weekly open discussion thread — July 12, 2024 | Ali Shukri Amin

Original discussion: weekly open discussion thread.

That is a slight oversight on my part. Tahawi says,

Paradise, we testify that they are in Paradise due to what was testified for them by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and his statements are true. They are Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘Ali, Talhah, Al-Zubayr, Sa’d, Sa’id, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ‘Awf, and Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn Al-Jarraḥ who was the trustee of this nation, may Allah be pleased with them all.[142]

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنَ الْقَوْلَ فِي أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ الطَّاهِرَاتِ مِنْ كُلِّ دَنَسٍ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِ الْمُقَدَّسِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ رِجْسٍ فَقَدَ بَرِئَ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ

Whoever speaks well of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and his wives, pure of any defilement, and his sanctified progeny, he is innocent of any hypocrisy.[143]

وَعُلَمَاءُ السَّلَفِ مِنَ السَّابِقِينَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ أَهْلِ الْخَيْرِ وَالْأَثَرِ وَأَهْلِ الْفِقْهِ وَالنَّظَرِ لَا يُذْكَرُونَ إِلَّا بِالْجَمِيلِ وَمَنْ ذَكَرَهُمْ بِسُوءٍ فَهُوَ عَلَى غَيْرِ السَّبِيلِ

The scholars of the first generation who preceded us and those after them among the successors, the people of virtue, tradition, understanding, and insight, they are not mentioned but in a gracious way.[144] Whoever mentions them in an evil way, he is on a path different from their path.[145]

According to ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi in his commentary,

"Allah has said that He is well pleased with them and will amply reward them." He then brings [Surah Tawbah, 9:100] that states, "He is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him." and several other Ayat to prove that all of the sahabah, excluding the munafiqun, are in Paradise.

Babarti the Ash'ari also discusses this in his commentary, and also clearly affirms all of the sahabah are saved. Ibn Abi al-Izz says the ten mentioned by name are by specific veneration and exaltation, not exclusion of others, such as Ahl al-Bayt who are not mentioned as part of those 10.

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