Prophet
was referring to only the sahaba with strong eeman. Prophet
did not go against the Quran’s teaching and when Quran says the following then how can you even imagine that prophet
meant every sahaba.
[63:1] "When the hypocrites come to you they say, “We bear witness that you are the messenger of GOD.”* GOD knows that you are His messenger, and GOD bears witness that the hypocrites are liars. "