Whoever among you wishes to follow (someone), let him follow one who has died, for the one who is still alive is not safe from fitnah.
The companions of Muhammad صلى الله علية وسلم were the best of this ummah, the most righteous of heart and the deepest in knowledge and the most straightforward, people whom Allaah chose to accompany His Prophet and establish His religion.

So acknowledge their virtue and follow in their footsteps, and adhere as much as you can to their morals and religion, for they were following right guidance.


Abdullah ibn Masud RadiyAllaahu 'Anhu [Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr in Jaami‘ Bayaan al-‘Ilm wa Fadluhu, 2/947, no. 1810, Majmu al Fatawa Ibn Taymiah 3/126 and Ilam Muaqeneen Ibn Qayyim 2/202]