Shaykh Rabee’ حفظه الله: “Don’t say anything about the Sahaba unless you mention an excuse for them because of our love for them (eg the incident of Osama bin Zayd killing a man in the battle field who said Shahadah, he was very remorseful to the extent he said he wished he’d become Muslim that very day after the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم admonished him”
[Taken from the lessons on “Conditions, Pillars and Obligation of Salah – Shaykh ul Islaam Muhammad bin Abdil Wahhab رحمه الله Explanation by Shaykh Abdul Muhsin al-Abbaad حفظه الله Taught by: Abdulilah Lahmami]