BEWARE OF YOUR FRIENDS. Man is upon Religion of his Best Friend

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*BEWARE OF YOUR FRIENDS*

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*Man is upon Religion of his Best Friend*

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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]

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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? 

Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه reported: The Prophet ﷺ said:

_“A man is upon the religion of his best friend, so let one of you look at whom he befriends.”_

[Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2378, Grade: Sahih according to Al-Nawawi]

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The regret of those who kept bad company, 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

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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* 

 _Oh, woe to me!  I wish I had not taken that one as a friend._ 

 *لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى* ۗ

 _He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me._ 

[25:28-29]

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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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Amr ibn ‘Abasah reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, _“Allah Almighty said: My love is a right upon those who befriend each other for my sake. My love is a right upon those who defend each other for my sake.”_

[Al-Mu’jam al-Ṣaghīr 1092, Grade: Sahih according to Al-Albani]

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه said:

_“Remember Allah Almighty often. You must not accompany anyone unless they help you remember Allah Almighty.”_

[Shu’ab al-Imān 8998]

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May Allah ﷻ grant us righteous friends and protect us from the influence of bad friends.

*آمين*

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