The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is that the reason you suggest that all the worst Companions are > better than everyone else, because otherwise it would call the Qur'an > into question? Sorry, but needing something to be true, doesn't make > it so. In any case the accurate transmission of the Qur'an does not > depend on Muwayyih's integrity. He would have gotten it second-hand > anyhow. The most commonly-cited "proof text" in terms of the status of the companions is: narrated by ‘Imraan bin Husayn (RA): “Verily the best among you (to follow) is my generation (the Messenger Muhammad (SAW) and his Companions (RA)), then those who follow, and then those who follow them…” (Saheeh Muslim, the Virtues of the Sahaabah, chapter 52 hadeeth no. 2535) And here is a explanation of Muawiya's status from the SunniPath website: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=4072&CATE=1 And here's another about the disparagement of Ali from the minbar during later times (which discussing proper ettiquette towards the Companions). http://www.livingislam.org/fiqhi/fiqha_e81.html __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-533595-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
