STRIVE TO MAKE CLOSE FRIENDS WITH SINCERE BELIEVERS (Be one yourself)

 DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER. Yawmul ahad, 2nd day of Swafar 1447AH, Sunday, 27th July 2025.

*_STRIVE TO MAKE CLOSE FRIENDS WITH SINCERE BELIEVERS (Be one yourself)_*. BismilLah. 

By Sincere believer, I mean the one who can regularly remind you of your wrongdoings and motivate you towards the right actions. If you cannot advise a friend or accept his advice when it comes to religious obligations or right actions then such friendship has no benefit and can even be dangerous to have such a person as a friend. 

ALLAH the Exalted says in the Qur’an: “And (remember) the Day when the wrong-doer will bite their hands and say: Woe to me! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger. Woe to me! If only I had not taken so-and-so as a friend! He/she has led me astray from this Reminder (the Qur’an) after it had come to me. And Satan is ever a deserter to man in the hour of need.” Qur’an 25:27-29. 

Meaning satan after deceiving you will laugh at you and rubbish your claim against him on judgement day. Instead of making friends with the misguided ones, we should befriend the righteous and treat the rest in a gracious and just manner. Staying at a sufficient distance is necessary, yet treating everybody nobly and kindly is required. We should strive to keep good, practicing people as our CLOSE friends.

Be wise and take heed before the inevitable Day comes when we are called to account for our actions. 

ALLAH Azzawajal says again:

 “O you who believe! Take care of yourselves. If you follow the right guidance and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, no hurt can come to you from those who are in error. The return of you all is to ME, then I will inform you about (all) that, which you used to do.” Qur’an 5:105.

*_We ask ALLAH Azzawajal to make us of the righteous and give us companions that will take us away from HIS Wrath and lead us to HIS Pleasure and Paradise_*. Aameen.