What Allah and His Messenger ﷺ said about the generation who carried the message.
Note: the Qur’ān’s Arabic is never machine-narrated — only the Urdu translation is spoken. Hadith are narrated as meaning (mafhūm), not verbatim. Tap a reference for the original.
Several verses speak of the Muhājirūn and Anṣār by name and record Allah’s pleasure with them.
And the first forerunners [in faith] among the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār and those who followed them with good conduct — Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great attainment.
Certainly was Allah pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you, [O Muḥammad], under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquillity upon them and rewarded them with an imminent conquest.
Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration.
Allah has already forgiven the Prophet and the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār who followed him in the hour of difficulty, after the hearts of a party of them had almost inclined [to doubt]; then He forgave them. Indeed, He is to them Kind and Merciful.
But those who have believed and emigrated and fought in the cause of Allah and those who gave shelter and aided — it is they who are the believers, truly. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.
Not equal among you are those who spent before the conquest [of Makkah] and fought — they are greater in degree than those who spent afterwards and fought. But to all Allah has promised the best [reward].
This verse is the Qur’ān’s own instruction to every generation that comes after the Companions.
And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, “Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith, and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful.”
You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do not revile my Companions, for if any one of you were to spend gold equal to Uḥud [in charity], it would not equal a handful of one of them — nor even half of it.”
The Prophet ﷺ said: “The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, then those who follow the latter.”
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Love for the Anṣār is a sign of faith, and hatred for the Anṣār is a sign of hypocrisy.”
Regarding the people of Badr, the Prophet ﷺ said: “Perhaps Allah looked upon the people of Badr and said: ‘Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you.’”
The way of the Muslim community: we love all of the Companions, we mention them with respect (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhum), and we withhold judgement on the disputes that arose between them — those matters were the subject of their own ijtihād and their account rests with Allah. We do not curse or dissociate from any Muslim, and we make the duʿā the Qur’ān taught us in 59:10 — asking Allah to leave no rancour in our hearts toward the believers.
