Who's Your Friend?* [[----Episode One---]]

 *Who's Your Friend?*

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*Everyone Need Friends But Not Everyone Has Them*

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

It is imperative that a Muslim be selective when it comes to making friends. This is because, being friends with good or the righteous ones results in following the path of righteousness in this world and receiving according reward in the world hereafter, whereas, befriending bad, hypocrites and evils neither ends well in this world nor in the world hereafter.

But generally,

Human Beings in all phases of life, from the very beginning of childhood and youth till old-age, are in need of friendship and association with others. Owing to his social nature, man is compelled to live in society and with other individuals, he must benefit from the aid and cooperation of friends.

Muslim Faithful!

Allah Almighty says in the glorious Quran:

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

“Friends on the Day will be enemies to one another, except al-Muttaqun (i.e. those who have piety).” 📚(43:67)

From this ayah it is clear that on the Day of Judgment there won’t be any friends, rather it would be such a situation that friends would turn into enemies. At such an instance, only those who are pious would remain friends of each other. Therefore, if one is to make friends, then he or she should make friends who are pious *(not those who leur you into backbittng, slander, visiting fortunetellers, cheating on ur spouses etc),* because such friends don’t just remain friends in this world only, rather they remain friends in the world hereafter as well and help each other out.

Furthermore,

Allah Almighty says in the glorious Quran: *“And remember the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: O! Would that I had taken a way with the Messenger! O woe is me! Would that I had not taken such a one for a friend! Certainly he led me astray from the reminder after it had come to me. Ah! The Evil One is but a traitor to man!.”* 📚(25:27-29)

My people!

In the above verses *(the first & the second)* , it is infact clearer that the kind of friend that one has, have a great role to play in what a person gets in the life hereafter. Yes. Those who get paradise will definitely have their friends as their partners because they all contributed in the life each other and followed the path of righteousness. On the other hand, the ones who receive hell as a reward of their deeds will complain about their friends and lament upon the fact that it is following their unrighteous friends that has resulted in this plight of theirs, therefore, it is imperative that a Muslim has righteous friends.

Now,

Some people are so confident of their own purity and nobility. They imagine that they will not be subject to any harm in their association with bad or wicked people.. They consider their personality as strong enough not to be influenced by vices. However, they forget that cottonwool gets aflame by proximity with fire, and glass breaks when it comes in contact with stones.

And,

Lets assume that you are so dignified and noble that you aren’t influenced by the bad or wixked people you associate with, *what will people say about you❓* Won't they consider you as one of the rabble when you associate with them❓ Think twice❗

The question then arises is that, how can a person identify whether the other person which he or she is keeping or wants to make a friend is a good or bad friend?

Actually, the........

TO BE CONTINUED

سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك نشهد ان لا اله الا انت نستغفرك ونتوابوااليك