Allah mentions that He is pleased foremost with the Muhajirin, Ansar and
those who followed them in faith, and that they are well-pleased with Him, for
He has prepared for them the gardens of delight and eternal joy. Ash-Sha`bi said
that,
[وَالسَّـبِقُونَ
الاٌّوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَـجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَـرِ]
(The foremost Muhajirin and Ansar) are those who conducted the pledge of
Ar-Ridwan in the year of Hudaybiyyah. Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari, Sa`id bin
Al-Musayyib, Muhammad bin Sirin, Al-Hasan and Qatadah said that they are those
who performed the prayer towards the two Qiblahs with the Messenger of Allah
[first toward Jerusalem and later toward the Ka`bah]. Allah, the Most Great,
stated that He is pleased foremost with the Muhajirin, the Ansar and those who
followed their lead with excellence. Therefore, woe to those who dislike or
curse them, or dislike or curse any of them, especially their master after the
Messenger, the best and most righteous among them, the Siddiq (the great
truthful one) and the grand Khalifah, Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafah, may Allah be
pleased with him. The failure group, the Rafidah (a sect of Shiites), are the
enemies of the best Companions, they hate and curse them, we seek refuge with
Allah from such evil. This indicates that the minds of these people are twisted
and their hearts turned upside down, for where are they in relation to believing
in the Qur'an They curse those whom Allah stated He is pleased with! As for the
followers of the Sunnah, they are pleased with those whom Allah is pleased with,
curse whomever Allah and His Messenger curse, and give their loyalty to Allah's
friends and show enmity to the enemies of Allah. They are followers not
innovators, imitating [the Sunnah] they do not initiate it on their own. They
are indeed the party of Allah, the successful, and Allah's faithful servants.
[وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُم
مِّنَ الاٌّعْرَابِ مُنَـفِقُونَ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَدُواْ عَلَى
النَّفَاقِ لاَ تَعْلَمُهُمْ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْ سَنُعَذِّبُهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ
ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَذَابٍ عَظِيمٍ ]
(101. And among the bedouins around you, some are hypocrites, and so are some
among the people of Al-Madinah who persist in hypocrisy; you know them not, We
know them. We shall punish them twice, and thereafter they shall be brought back
to a great (horrible) torment.)