The Jews & Christians are better then the Rawaafidh by one characteristic and that is….. It was said to the Jews: Who are the best in your religion? They said, ‘the companions of Mûsa (Moses) alayhissalām. It was said to the Christians: Who are the best in your religion? They said, ‘the companions of Eesaa (Jesus) alayhissalām. It was said to the Raafidhah: Who are the worst people in your religion? They said, ‘the companions of Muhammed sallAllāhu alayhi wa sallam’, excluding but a few.’ Amongst the ones they insulted are those many times better than those they included.
(Ibn Abil-’Izz Ibn Abdis-Salaam, Sharh at-Tahaawiyyah, quoted by ash-Shaykh Abdul-Muhsin Al-Abbaad in ‘From the sayings of the trustworthy scholars regarding the Companion, the Khaleefah Mu’aawiyyah Ibn Abee Safwan radi’Allāhu anhu’)
