A question for everyone to think about ⤵️

عَنْ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ الشَّعْبَانِيِّ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيَّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ؟ قَالَ: أَيَّةُ آيَةٍ؟ قُلْتُ: قَوْلُهُ:‏ ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ﴾ قَالَ: أَمَا واللهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْهَا خَبِيرًا، سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: ‏((بَلِ ائْتَمِرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنَاهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَيْتَ شُحًّا مُطَاعًا وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعًا وَدُنْيَا مُؤْثَرَةً وَإِعْجَابَ كُلِّ ذِي رَأْىٍ بِرَأْيِهِ فَعَلَيْكَ بِخَاصَّةِ نَفْسِكَ وَدَعِ الْعَوَامَّ، فَإِنَّ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ أَيَّامًا الصَّبْرُ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلُ الْقَبْضِ عَلَى الْجَمْرِ، لِلْعَامِلِ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً يَعْمَلُونَ مِثْلَ عَمَلِكُمْ))‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ: وَزَادَنِي غَيْرُ عُتْبَةَ قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَجْرُ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً مِنَّا أَوْ مِنْهُمْ؟ قَالَ: ((لاَ بَلْ أَجْرُ خَمْسِينَ مِنْكُمْ)).‏ Narrated Abū Umayyah Ash-Sha'bani: "I went to Abu Tha'labah Al-Khushani and said to him: 'How do you deal with this Ayah?' He said: 'Which Ayah?' I said: 'Allah's saying: "Take care of yourselves! If you follow the guidance no harm shall come to you." (5:105) He said: 'Well, by Allah! You have asked one well-informed about it, I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it. [So] he said: "Rather, comply with (and order) the good, and stay away from (and prohibit) the evil, until you see avarice obeyed, desires followed, and the world preferred, and everyone is amazed with his view. Then you should be worried about yourself in particular, and worry of the common folk. Ahead of you are the days in which patience is like holding onto an ember, for the doer (of righteous deeds) during them is the like of the reward of fifty of those who do the like of what you do." 'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said: "It was added for me, by other than 'Utbah, that it was said: 'O Messenger of Allah! The reward of fifty men among us, or them?' He said: 'No! Rather the reward of fifty men among you.'" [Jami` At-Tirmidhi, 3058] One may argue on the basis of this ḥadīth that those who hold firmly onto the Deen from amongst the Khalaf are 50x better than those who held onto the Deen from amongst the Salaf. This proves that the Khalaf are better than the Salaf. If you say otherwise, how do you explain this ḥadith?