STAY AWAY FROM BAD FRIENDS
Many of our brothers and sisters start practicing the deen and decide wholeheartedly to progress on the straight path. Yet, shortly after, they find themselves retracting instead of progressing. In many cases, this goes back to either being alone and not having righteous companions, or having the wrong companions. Both cases are very dangerous on one’s spiritual developmen
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him) had Sahaaba (companions). He actually didn’t need them and if ALLAH willed, HE could have supported him with countless number of Angels to aid him in whatever he needed as ALLAH did in the battle of Badr. But ALLAH made the sahaaba (companions) of the Prophet a significant part of this deen and this path. It is as though ALLAH Almighty is teaching us that this path NEEDS righteous companion
As a matter of fact, ALLAH ordered us in Suurat Al Kahf (Quran 18) which we are encouraged to recite every Friday sayin
” And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking HIS countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart I have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.” (Qur’an 18: 28)
It is a direct order to keep the company of those who remember ALLAH constantly through words and actions. Those who are seeking HIM sincerely, not those who are caught up in the deluding temporary amusement of this world and give little to no attention to the afterlife.
Laziness is very attractive to ignorance, so wherever there is laziness in the quest for knowledge, be certain to find ignorance married happily to Mr. laziness, making a perfect couple with darkness as their residence. Corrections, criticisms and the like are welcome as usual. They keep me on my toes and on the look out for much information. Since information is key in this day and age.
May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from friends who has no benefit to our spiritual being
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