What is your response to a friend who, after quarreling with his older friend, cited the following as an argument: "Did not the Companions sometimes have disputes among themselves, and some of them even physically clashed with each other, and enmities occurred between them?"

This answer directs the two brothers towards reconciliation, emphasizing the necessity for the younger to respect the elder and the knowledgeable, citing religious texts as evidence. It also calls upon the elder brother to pardon and forgive, in compliance with the Almighty's saying: "Repel evil with that which is best." It rejects using the disagreements among the Companions as justification for discord, clarifying that the Companions were mujtahideen (those who exert independent reasoning), and their disagreements do not justify insulting or slandering them. It further states that they are excused for what transpired among them, and that the duty is to refrain from discussing what occurred between them and to think well of them. It affirms that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is the only infallible one whose example must be followed.