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279. We love the Companions of the Prophet but we do not love any one
of them to the extreme,
280. we do not reject anyone of them,
281. we hate those who hate them,
282. we do not mention them except with truth,
283. our opinion is that loving them is an act of religion, faith and
perfection
284. whereas hating them is disbelief, sedition, hypocrisy and
transgression.
285. And we confirm the caliphate after the Prophet, first to Abu Bakr
As-Siddique – Allah is pleased with him – preferring him and advancing
him above all the nation,
of them to the extreme,
280. we do not reject anyone of them,
281. we hate those who hate them,
282. we do not mention them except with truth,
283. our opinion is that loving them is an act of religion, faith and
perfection
284. whereas hating them is disbelief, sedition, hypocrisy and
transgression.
285. And we confirm the caliphate after the Prophet, first to Abu Bakr
As-Siddique – Allah is pleased with him – preferring him and advancing
him above all the nation,