Companions apostated after the death of Prophet [pbuh] and Sunni Double Standards

Narrated by Imam Muhammad bin Ismael Al Bukhari via his own chain like this : 

عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ

 كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ، صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ يَرِدُ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي فَيُحَلَّئُونَ عَنْهُ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَصْحَابِي‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لاَ عِلْمَ لَكَ بِمَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ، إِنَّهُمُ ارْتَدُّوا عَلَى أَدْبَارِهِمُ الْقَهْقَرَى

Narrated Ibn Musaiyab:

The Companions of the Prophet [ﷺ] said that Prophet [ﷺ] said : "Some men from my Companions will come to my Lake-Fount and they will be driven away from it, and I will say, 'O Lord, my Companions!' It will be said, 'You have no knowledge of what they innovated after you left: they turned apostate [ Murtad ] as renegades [reverted from Islam].

Reference [ One Edition ] :

 Sahih Bukhari - Imam Muhammad bin Isamael Bukhari // Kitab ul Riqaq // Page 1139 // Hadith 6586 // Edn. Dar u Salam Riyadh. 

Reference [ Another Edition ] :

 Sahih Bukhari - Imam Muhammad bin Ismael Bukhari // Kitab ul Riqaq // Page 742 // Hadith 6586 // Edn. Bait ul Afkaariyah Jordan. 

So you can see that Prophet [pbuh] is clearly saying some of my Companions will become apostates [ Murtad = مرتد ] after me and same is narrated in some Shi'a Narration like one in Rijal Kashi by Abdul Aziz Kashi.

Now What Sunni Scholars do to protect their self made Principle- All Companions are Just. They try to interpret the word " مرتد " in another way like what Imam Ibn Atheer tried to do in this Narration like this. He says : 

" The Apostate here means leaving some Obligatory acts not like going into state of apostasy " 

Reference : 

Al Nihayah fi alGhareeb ul Hadeeth - Imam Ibn Athir // Chapter of Baa with Daal // Page 318 // Edn. Dar ibn Jawzi Riyadh. 

So you can see how they play double standards. When their own narrations say Companions apostated then they intrepret it in a way that suits their principles but when it comes to Shi'a books they start barking that Shi'a Rafidah are Zindeeq and deem all Companions to be Murtad.

When they have nothing to say about its content they try to forward a lame Deobandi excuse that this Narration is a lone narration [Khabr e Wahid] and there is no scope of these Narrations in matters of creed. Let us dissect their claim. 

Pakistani Salafi Scholar Zubair Ali Za'i has defended the narrations of Sahih Al Bukhari in one of his book and he also tried to defend this one. He says : 

This Tradition has been narrated by following companions : Anas bin Malik , Sahal bin Saed AlSaadi , Abu Hurairah , Abdullah bin Mesud , Asma binte Abu Bakr , Abdullah bin Abbas , An Unknown Companion , Aisha , Ume Salama , Abu Saeed AlKhudri. 

He then says : Now it is know that the Narration of taking Apostates from Pond of Kawthar towards Hell is narrated from mass transmitters (Mutwatir).

Note :This Salafi Scholar has given reference for each Narration and there is no excuse for any deobandi that he is Salafi and we are Deobandi. One can crosscheck these references from orginal books.

Reference : 

Sahih Bukhari ka Difah - Shaykh Zubair Ali Za'i // Page 139-140 // Edn. Maktaba Faheem India. 

Now this Salafi Scholar who demmed it Mutawatir has himself tried to distort the meaning by claiming that the Companions mentioned in this Narration are basically People from this Ummah not Companions of Prophet [pbuh]. 

We ask him what is the proof for this. instead the word "Companion" is a Specfic term which in itself is included in the term " People from this Ummah 

Literally People of this Ummah [ General term ] = Companions of Prophet [ Specfic term ] + Muslims after the Companions. 

This Salafi Scholar has himself said in this particular book that one can't use general term against the specfic term. A specfic term overrides the general term.

Reference :

 Sahih Bukhari ka Difah - Shaykh Zubair Ali Za'i // Page 14 // Edn. Maktaba Faheem India. 

So it is total illogical to say "Companions" here mean some "People from this Ummah".