Event Date: 28th January 2017
Of the questions raised in the discussion was the narration found in  Shia hadith works “all the companions committed apostasy (irtadū) except three” to which Sayed Qazwini responded by rejecting this narration based on the lack of chain, in addition to it being logically impossible that only four companions out of the thousands remained on the faith.  It was also evident from the discussions that the Shia narrative is one that is over-critical to the Sahaba perhaps due to a reactionary outlook to the Sunni narrative. .  Some Shia scholars did however raise that,  although the ṣahāba need to be seen in terms of their human capacity,  there is a general lack of knowledge amongst the lay Shia about the various companions of the Prophet and their services to Islam. The notion of ʿadūl (trustworthiness) of the companions was also further discussed where it became evident that the term used in the presentation was in reference to the moral integrity of the companions whilst the technical term in this discussion is about the trustworthiness of the companions in narrating hadith (See CIMS discussion on this from Sunni perspective - Link below). This led naturally to the topic of cursing the companions – to which the Shia and Sunni scholars present agreed that cursing and abusing of the companions is categorically wrong, and whilst critiquing the companions’ actions does not amount to cursing, it should only ever be done in a respectful manner. (Video part 2 of 2)  
chapters 
0:00 introduction 
0:05 Dr Mohammad Khalid 
03:44 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
06:15 Shaykh Arif Abdulhussain 
11:49 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
18:10 Shaykh Arif Abdulhussain 
20:01 Shaykh Umar Ramadhan 
23:55 Dr Mohammad Khalid 
28:43 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
30:12 Dr Mohammad Khalid 
31:21 Shaykh Mohammad Sajjad 
33:32 Dr Wahid 
37:04 Shaykh Nuru Mohammed 
41:32 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
46:08 Dr Mohammad Khalid 
48:06 Shaykh Abu Jaffar 
49:42 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
52:05 Dr Mohammad Khalid 
52:46 Dr Wahid 
54:14 Dr Mohammad Khalid 
55:10 Shaykh Ayman Yacoubi 
1:00:31 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
1:02:59 Dr Ali-Reza Bhojani 
1:05:04 Shaykh Mahmood Khattab Fawzy 
1:13:18 Maulana Ayaaz Ahmad Ghulam Nabi 
1:14:54 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
1:23:11 Dr Mohammad Khalid 
1:24:42 Hafeez Idrees 
1:28:06 Sayed Hossein Qazwini 
1:31:42 Mix discussion