Those who vilify at any of them...

Those who vilify at any of them, are aiming at expelling our witnesses in order to repeal the Holy Quran and the Prophet's traditions. Consequently, casting aspersions on such individuals should be an essential procedure. Besides, they should be treated as miscreants.

Recall The mean by the term ‘Sahaba’, all those who fall under bn­Hajar’s definition, commencing with Khadijah, Ali, Zaid­bn­Haritha and [18] Seyyid Murteza Ar­Razawi's Aara'u Ulema'il­Muslimeene Fit­Teqiyyeti Wes­Sehabeti We Siyanetil­Qur'anil­Karim, page81­2. [19] Ad­Dehbi's Al­Keba'ir and Seyyid Murteza's Aara'u Ulema'il­Muslimeen, page85. Abu­Bakr, to the last child who saw or was seen by the Prophet. At any rate, it is favorable to take another look on bn­Hajar's definition of Sahaba.

An Attempt for Mitigating Such A Hyperbole In his Sharhul­Burhan, Al­Maziri says: “Not all those whom were seen, visited or met by the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), even for an interest or the like, are falling under our conception of the ultimate decency of Sahaba.

We, in fact, dedicate the term only to those who accompanied the Prophet, (and honored him and helped him, and followed the light which has been sent down with him, these it is that are the successful).” Denying and Eradicating this Attempt As a matter of fact, the above expression refers to the general idea; lest, only those who had spent or fought for sake of God are named Sahaba. Confirmed by none, Al­Maziri's opinion was denied by a group of respectful scholars.

The following is Salah Al­Illani's replication: “This opinion is extremely unfamiliar. Accordingly, a great number of well­known Sahaba, like Wa'il­bn­Hajar, Malik­bn­Al­Huweirith, Othman­bn­Al­Aas and many others who visited the Prophet as formal delegations without residing for a considerable period, will be excluded from list of the Prophet's companions.

Besides, those who related only a single hadith­the Prophet's tradition — and Bedouins whose period of residence — at the Prophet's — is not defined, are also excluded. Precisely, opinion of generalization — regarding all those seen, visited or met by the Prophet as the Sahaba — is the most considerable and acceptable since most of the scholars have adopted for. Effects of this Opinion of Generalization First of such effects is senseless equality.

According to Sunnis' conception, the Sahaba, entirely, are enjoying an equal decency. Hence, all of them are decent in the very same degree.