Are Munafiqeen counted among Sahabah?

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     Are Munafiqeen counted among Sahabah?

I have some simple questions from my Sunni friends. Most of you say
that ALL Sahabah are not Munafiqeen, not even one single person. Let us
accept this opinion for a while. My question is :

     Were Monaafegheen counted as Sahabah?

In other words:

   1)- Please define the word "Sahabah" clearly, and mathematically
       such that it is complete without any lack.

   2)- Please tell us that some people such as Abdullah-Ibn-Obai, who
       was the most famous Munafiq, are considered Sahabah or not?

   3)- Please tell us if other Munafiqeen who existed in the life
       time of the prophet were among Sahabah or not?

   4)- And if your answer to [3] is NO, please name all of Munafiqeen
       for us who are not sahabah. In other words, you should be able
       to distinguish between Sahabah and Munafiqeen. You should be
       able to categorize and NAME the Munafiqeen for us, all  of
       them. If not all of them, at least 100 of them. If you can not
       put a border between Sahabah and Munafiqeen, then how am I
       supposed to know who is Munafiq and who is one of the sahabah?

   5)- And if your answer to [3] is YES, which means that Munafiqeen
       were Sahabah, do you agree that I can bring one person who
       was Sahabah and was Munafiq as well, and his name is
       Abdullah-Ibn-Obai? Then, do you agree that I can think of some
       other sahabah who were Munafiq too or not?
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The truth is (I do not care if a Shia/Sunni likes this or not) that you
can not announce a person as non-muslim when he says that:

       1)- There is no God, but Allah,
       2)- Muhammad is the true messenger of Allah.

If you call such person as non-muslim as easily as wind coming out of
your mouth, you must prepare yourself for the hard time when facing
the fire of Allah.

A person will remain muslim as long as he confesses the above two
rules, no matter if he/she says:

        a)- A hadith is true or not,
        b)- One of Sahabah lied upon prophet or not,
        c)- One of sahabah has made adultry,
        d)- One of Sahabah has stolen something (or he is thief),
        e)- One of Sahabah has killed somebody intentionally and
               without having the right to do so,
        f)- One of sahabah has fought wrongly for the sake of Sheitan,
        g)- ...

Replace "Sahabah" with "A very respected scholar", and read it again.

The problem with the present society of islam is that people allow
themselves to attack their brothers and sisters (Sunni or Shia) and
call each other as non-muslim. If these people get the power, they
will kill whoever disagrees with them, as they did hundred years ago.
(Thanks God that they do not have the power now.) This ugly habit which
is pleasing sheitan, and upsetting Allah is now spread over the entire
islamic societies.

I chanllenged you several times, and I saw you fail over and over
again. If you understand that there is no source for your ugly habit,
at least try to hide it. Such habit does not come from a true muslim.

Once a person said:

       If a person says that one of Sahabah (named XXX) has lied
       upon the prophet, he/she has meant that this one of Sahabah
       (XXX) is Kafir, or non-muslim.

       Since he has declared a muslim (XXX) as non-muslim, he, himself,
       becomes non-muslim.

I have no objection for the second part of the statement as I brought
it myself. My question is specifically for the first part. I asked you
to bring me a japanese or arabic dictionary and show this new word to
me.

If you fail to bring such evidence, be human, and leave your ugly habit.

A person who uses such word upon another muslim, is considered to be
non-muslim. I am not saying this. I am nobody to say this. (This word
"non-muslim" is not a simple word, it is a very heavy word which comes
along with the fire of the Hell, and it should be spelled with the
authority of Allah and his messenger.) This is what is recorded in the
book of Sahih Bukhari and Muslim. If you care about these two books, and
if you "listen and obey" these two books, at least "obey" these ahaadith
in these two books. I am warning you explicitly that such person is
considered as non-muslim by the following rule:

   If a person (XX) declares another muslim (YY) as non-muslim
   while he (XX) knows that YY is muslim, XX becomes immediately
   non-muslim.

Such person is considered to be Mortadd, since he is leaving islam by
calling his muslim brother/sister as non-muslim intentionally.


The pillars of Islam
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In the name of Allah, who is aware of the hearts of people;

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     Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith: 1.7
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     Narrated Ibn 'Umar:

     Allah's Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five
     (principles):

  1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and
     Muhammad is Allah's Apostle.

  2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and
     perfectly.

  3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) .

  4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca)

  5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.


Do you see anything else?