Just wanted to ask, what is the evidence from original Islamic sources that concludes insulting a companion of the Prophet means apostasy?
And exactly why do you think that "almost all of the scholars who benefit this ummah ... [are] from Saudi Arabia"? A person who lives in a particular region is more likely to know the scholars of that region. I, personally, at the moment cannot think of even a single Saudi scholar's name, partly because they have difficult names to remember, but many notable names who come from my part of the world. Additionally, most of the really famous Islamic personalities that I have come to know of, such as Ahmad Deedat, Dr. Zakir Naik, Nauman Ali Khan, Abdullah Green, Dr. Shabir Ally, Yasir Qadhi, none of them hail from Saudi Arabia.
Insulting a Sahabi isn't apostasy but a major sin which deserves strict beating and punishment.
"The best scholars who explained this issue quite well was Sheikh Al Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah bestow mercy on his soul) in the last portion of his book, "Al Sarim Al Maslul `Ala Shatim Al Rasul" (3/1055-1113) where he said: "As for those who insult the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) whether from his family or others, Imam Ahmad said: they should be beaten harshly, but he did not declare their disbelief nor he said they must be killed.""
Source:
http://en.alukah.net/Shariah/0/182/ However, the reason to why I declare Osama as an apostate is because he declared Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) as a hypocrite and a kafir.
"I say Muawiyah is a cursed hypocrite."
Their are many times in where he insults Muawiyah, just type it in the search bar.
The Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia reads:
“Whoever insults the Companions, or insults one of them, then if he attributes to them something that does not slander their trustworthiness or their religion, such as describing some of them to be stingy or to lack courage, knowledge, or asceticism, and so on, then such a person does not go out of the fold of Islam, according to the agreement of the scholars, but he deserves to be disciplined.
However, if he accused them of something that undermines their religion or their trustworthiness, such as accusing them of adultery, then the scholars agreed that a person who accuses ‘Aa’ishah may Allaah be pleased with her (the wife of the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention )) of adultery, which is something which Allaah declared her innocent of, then such a person goes out of the fold of Islam, because he is denying the text of the Quran.With regard to the rest of the Companions, the scholars differed in opinion about the one who slanders them. The majority of the scholars said: A person does not go out of the fold of Islam due to insulting one of the Companions, even ‘Aa’ishah in other than what Allaah declared her innocent of.
Also, a person goes out of the fold of Islam if he declares that all the Companions are disbelievers or says that the Companions renounced Islam after the death of the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) or says that they had become dissolute; because this is a denial of what is explicitly said in the Quran in many contexts regarding the fact that Allaah is pleased with them and His praise of them. Making such a statement implies that those who transmitted the Quran and Sunnah to us are disbelievers or dissolute or that this nation, which is the best nation on earth, and the best of which are the first generation, that most of them were disbelievers or dissolute, which in turn implies that this nation is the most evil one among other nations and that its predecessors [the first generation] are the most evil people. That the person who says such a thing is a disbeliever is something that is known in religion by absolute evidence.” So we can say easily that Osama is an apostate and I pray that he repents soon. Also, the prophet (peace be upon him) said the following:
In Saheeh al-Bukhaari (6104) and Saheeh Muslim (60) it is narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If a man declares his brother to be a kaafir, it will apply to one of them.” According to another report: “Either it is as he said, otherwise it will come back to him.”
As for the Saudi scholars they are many. Too much maybe. Keep in mind that I do not mean to brag about anything. I'm only doing this to debunk Osama's claim of that "Saudi Arabia didn't contribute to Islam in any way". Here is a small list of Saudi scholars that I can remember at the moment:
Abdulaziz bin Baz
Ibn Uthaymeen Al-Tamimi
Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen
Aaidh al-Qarni
Muhammad Al-Areefi
Saleh Al-Munajjid
Salman Al-Oudah
Abdulaziz Al-Tareefi
Saleh Al-Fawzaan
Saleh Alluhidan
Saud Al-Shuraim
Rabee al-Madkhali
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Al-Kalbani
Those are the ones that I know of. Second, it was wrong of me to say Saudi. What I meant was Salafi scholars in the Arabian gulf (Kuwait,Saudi Arabia,UAE,etc). Third, it is impossible for you not to come across the works of these scholars on the internet. They are even on Osama's website! Especially Ibn Uthaymeen, Bin Baz, Al-Munajjid, and Al-Sudais (since he is a famous Quran reciter). Fourth, it is true that in general people know the scholars in their area the most. Fifth, Their is a difference between "scholar" and "apologist". For example, Shabir Ally and Ahmed Deedat aren't scholars, but apologists. From what I saw, the apologetics scene seems to thrive amongst Pakistanis, Indians, and western converts to Islam. But just because there are many scholars here that doesn't mean that everyone is religiously educated. Sadly many people over here are liberals who barely know anything about Islam. They fight the Sharia law, which by the help of Allah is still there even though the Kufar fight it, in the name of Islam. And their numbers seem to be increasing.
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