The Shia Define 'Sahabah' Differently

 

MUSLIM: Ṣaḥābiyyat is a technical term according to the Muslims. All students of History are aware of this term. The Ṣaḥābah raḍiyallāhu ‘anhum are mentioned in detail in the Noble Qur’ān and the Aḥādīth. The person who saw Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam in the condition of īmān whilst awake, or he attended the gathering of Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam in this condition, and he or she passed away with īmān is believed to be and is accepted as a Ṣaḥābī. There are plenty āyāt of the Noble Qur’ān and Aḥādīth that testify to the honour of the Ṣaḥābah raḍiyallāhu ‘anhum.

SHIA: According to the Shia religion, there is no technical definition of Ṣaḥābiyyat. They simply take the lexical meaning. Based on this difference, they take the hypocrites to be ‘ṣaḥābah’ – the hypocrites who would sometimes come to the gathering of Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam from far off places. According to the Shia, īmān is not a condition of Ṣaḥābiyyat.

Bear in mind that this is the case with everything in the Shia religion. They define basically everything in their religion totally different from that of the Muslims. Hence, in the simplest of terms, they have nothing to do with Islām and Muslims.

[Mi’yār Ṣaḥābiyyat p.118, ‘Allāmah Khālid Maḥmūd raḥimahullāh]