FRIENDSHIP IN ISLAM Importance of good companionship

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*FRIENDSHIP IN ISLAM*

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*Importance of good companionship,*

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Allah ﷻ says about Qiyamah,

*ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ*

_Close friends will be enemies to one another on that Day, except the righteous,_

[43:67]

Meaning, every friendship that exists for a purpose other than for the sake of Allahﷻ will turn to enmity on the Day of Resurrection, except for that which is for the sake of Allah ﷻ, which will last forever.

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The good friends will intercede for their friends, who they see are being punished! 

Isn't this reason enough to surround yourself with the good company, company of the righteous? 

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The regret of those who didn't, they will cry out! 

*وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ*

_And nobody has misguided us except the criminals,_

*فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ*

_now we have no intercessors,_

*وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍۢ*

_Nor a close friend._

[26:99-101]

Meaning, they'll be stuck in punishment regretful and woeful that they have no righteous friend, no good friend that could have taken them out of Jahannam! 

Why? 

They took the people who were bad influences, who didn't believe in Allah ﷻ, who committed sins openly and invited towards it as close friends! 

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Another cry of regret from these people is mentioned in Surah Furqan,

*يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًۭا*

_Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as an intimate friend!_

*لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى ۗ*

_He indeed led me astray from the Reminder after it had come to me_

[25:28]

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So look at your close circles, what types of discussions occur,

What types of actions occur,

Do they gather with the intention to please Allah ﷻ, or do they act and displease Him? 

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Abu Musa (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: _“Verily, the parable of good company and a bad company is only that of a seller of musk and a blacksmith. The seller of musk will give you some perfume, you will buy some, or you will notice a good smell. As for the blacksmith, he will burn your clothes or you will notice a bad smell.”_

[Sahih al-Bukhari 1995, Sahih Muslim 2628]

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You will be enemies, blaming each other for the collective actions you did and you will collectively be punished! 

Except those whom Allah ﷻ has mercy on and forgives!

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So repent to Allah ﷻ constantly and reflect!

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May Allah ﷻ grant us righteous friends and grant us goodness both in this life and the hereafter.

*آمين*

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