For this reason, from the beneficial foundations which Shaykh-Ul-Islam, Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, established is:
"If you see a wrongful statement which has come from an early Imam, then they are overlooked and pardoned, due to the proofs not having reached them, and the one who the proof has reached is not pardoned like the first one is pardoned, and for this reason the one whom the Hadiths of the punishment of the grave and their likes has reached, is declared an innovator if they reject them, and 'Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, and the likes of her of those who did not know that the dead could hear in their graves are not declared innovators.
This is a great foundation so ponder over it for verily it is beneficial."
As found in Majmuu'l Fataawa (6/61)
For this reason 'Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, was not considered an opposer for this, nor was this considered to be a place of differing, but this ruling is not for those that opposed after this subject matter and its proofs became well known, and this is why Shaykh-Ul-Islam declared those who have had the binding evidence reach them to be innovators, because those that preceded them of the companions didn't have the proofs reach them, so the lack of it reaching them isn't an evidence for those that came after them.
So those that came after are not overlooked for and pardoned as they were overlooked for and pardoned.
Because the establishment of the evidence with them.
"If you see a wrongful statement which has come from an early Imam, then they are overlooked and pardoned, due to the proofs not having reached them, and the one who the proof has reached is not pardoned like the first one is pardoned, and for this reason the one whom the Hadiths of the punishment of the grave and their likes has reached, is declared an innovator if they reject them, and 'Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, and the likes of her of those who did not know that the dead could hear in their graves are not declared innovators.
This is a great foundation so ponder over it for verily it is beneficial."
As found in Majmuu'l Fataawa (6/61)
For this reason 'Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, was not considered an opposer for this, nor was this considered to be a place of differing, but this ruling is not for those that opposed after this subject matter and its proofs became well known, and this is why Shaykh-Ul-Islam declared those who have had the binding evidence reach them to be innovators, because those that preceded them of the companions didn't have the proofs reach them, so the lack of it reaching them isn't an evidence for those that came after them.
So those that came after are not overlooked for and pardoned as they were overlooked for and pardoned.
Because the establishment of the evidence with them.