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The Importance of good companionship
Choosing and having good companions is extremely important for many
reasons and from many aspects.
1. Mankind cannot live alone; every individual must live and interact
with others, and when interacting with others one either influences or
is himself influenced.
2. Those people whom you sit with and make your friends are inevitably
going to fall into one of two categories. They will either be good
individuals - who guide and encourage you towards what is good and
help you to accomplish that which Allaah has ordered, or they are
going to be bad - encouraging you to do what is pleasing to Satan,
that which misleads you, and leads you to the Hell-Fire.
3. When the Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, was sent with the
mission to establish Islam, he did not do it on his own. Rather,
Allaah chose for him companions who accompanied him and who carried
the Message until it was complete.
These three aspects show the importance of having good companions,
companions who are righteous. Such a companion will help you to do
what is good and remind you of Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, he will
enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil. These aspects also show
the importance of avoiding befriending bad companions, because such a
companion will have a bad effect upon you, they help you to do those
deeds which are displeasing to Allaah and which lead to the Hell-Fire.
The Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, gave a good similitude
regarding this. He, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, said: "The case of
the good companion and the bad companion is like that of the seller of
musk and the blower of the bellows (iron-smith) . As for the seller of
musk, he will either give you some of the musk, or you will purchase
some from him, or at least you will come away having experienced its
good smell. Whereas the blower of the bellows will either burn your
clothing, or at least you will come away having experienced its
repugnant smell." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
The Prophet salla Allahu alihi wa sallam explained the matter of good
companionship, so that no room is left for doubt or confusion, when he
salla Allahu alihi wa sallam said: "A person is upon the religion of
his close friend, so beware whom you befriend." [Abu Daawood and
At-Tirmithi]
This means that a person will be upon the same methodology as his
friend, the same path as his friend, the same nature, manner and
behavior as his friend. So we must be careful whom we befriend. There
is an Arabic saying: 'Your companion is what pulls you to something.'
So if your companion is good, he will pull you towards that which is
good. He will order us with what is good and forbid us from what is
evil. If he observes us committing sins he would warn us, if he
becomes aware of our shortcomings he would advise us, and if he finds
a fault in us he would cover it and not disclose it to others. About
this, the Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, said: “…Whoever
conceals (the fault of) a Muslim, Allaah will conceal his fault on the
Day of Judgment.” [Abu Daawood]
So should you see a fault in your brother, you should wish to remove
that fault from him and not expose it to the people. This is what is
required by brotherhood and again stresses the importance of choosing
friends who are upon the correct way, who are loyal, and who hide your
faults whilst ordering you with good and forbidding you from evil, who
stand beside you and support you, and co-operate with you upon all
that is good.
This principle is important from the standpoint of how the religion is
to be established, and from the standpoint of what brotherhood is and
what it does. In deed, the reason that one takes a companion is to
help him establish Islam, and to help him worship Allaah. We find a
good example in the Prophet Moosaa alayhis Salam the one whom Allaah
chose and spoke to. When Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, sent him to
Pharaoh, he (Moosaa) alayhis salam said as Allaah informs us saying
(what means): "And appoint for me a helper from my family, Haaroon -
my brother; increase my strength with him, and let him share my task
(of conveying Allaah's Message and Prophethood) , that we may glorify
You much and remember You much." [Quran; 20: 29-34]
Moosa alayhis salam wanted his brother to support him and help him,
protect him and accompany him. This is exactly what the believers do
for one another. For the thing that binds the believers together and
makes them brothers is the bond of faith.
The Prophet salla Allahu alihi wa sallam said: "There are three
characteristics; whoever has them will taste the sweetness of faith:
That Allaah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than all else,
that he loves a person and does not love him except for the sake of
Allaah, and that he would hate to revert to unbelief just as he would
hate to be thrown into the Fire." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Thus the connection between the believers is based upon faith and
sincere brotherhood. Beware against taking any companion if such
companionship is based upon other than this, for if you were to do
that you would then bite your hands in grief. Just as the unjust ones
will bite their hands in grief.
Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, Says (what means):
"And (remember) the Day when the wrong-doer (oppressor, polytheist
etc.) will bite at his hand, he will say: ‘Oh! Would that I had taken
a path with the Messenger. Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken
so-and-so as a friend! He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (the
Quran) after it had come to me….’" [Quran; 25:27]
And Allaah Says (what means):
"And whosoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Beneficent
(Allaah), We appoint for him Satan to be a Qareen (intimate companion)
to him." [Quran; 43:36]
So all of the physical togetherness that you see around you, which is
based upon other than faith will be wiped away on that Day, and it
will be a source of misery and torture for them.
Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, Says (what means):
“Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except the pious."
[Quran; 43:67]
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Choosing and having good companions is extremely important for many
reasons and from many aspects.
1. Mankind cannot live alone; every individual must live and interact
with others, and when interacting with others one either influences or
is himself influenced.
2. Those people whom you sit with and make your friends are inevitably
going to fall into one of two categories. They will either be good
individuals - who guide and encourage you towards what is good and
help you to accomplish that which Allaah has ordered, or they are
going to be bad - encouraging you to do what is pleasing to Satan,
that which misleads you, and leads you to the Hell-Fire.
3. When the Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, was sent with the
mission to establish Islam, he did not do it on his own. Rather,
Allaah chose for him companions who accompanied him and who carried
the Message until it was complete.
These three aspects show the importance of having good companions,
companions who are righteous. Such a companion will help you to do
what is good and remind you of Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, he will
enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil. These aspects also show
the importance of avoiding befriending bad companions, because such a
companion will have a bad effect upon you, they help you to do those
deeds which are displeasing to Allaah and which lead to the Hell-Fire.
The Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, gave a good similitude
regarding this. He, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, said: "The case of
the good companion and the bad companion is like that of the seller of
musk and the blower of the bellows (iron-smith) . As for the seller of
musk, he will either give you some of the musk, or you will purchase
some from him, or at least you will come away having experienced its
good smell. Whereas the blower of the bellows will either burn your
clothing, or at least you will come away having experienced its
repugnant smell." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
The Prophet salla Allahu alihi wa sallam explained the matter of good
companionship, so that no room is left for doubt or confusion, when he
salla Allahu alihi wa sallam said: "A person is upon the religion of
his close friend, so beware whom you befriend." [Abu Daawood and
At-Tirmithi]
This means that a person will be upon the same methodology as his
friend, the same path as his friend, the same nature, manner and
behavior as his friend. So we must be careful whom we befriend. There
is an Arabic saying: 'Your companion is what pulls you to something.'
So if your companion is good, he will pull you towards that which is
good. He will order us with what is good and forbid us from what is
evil. If he observes us committing sins he would warn us, if he
becomes aware of our shortcomings he would advise us, and if he finds
a fault in us he would cover it and not disclose it to others. About
this, the Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, said: “…Whoever
conceals (the fault of) a Muslim, Allaah will conceal his fault on the
Day of Judgment.” [Abu Daawood]
So should you see a fault in your brother, you should wish to remove
that fault from him and not expose it to the people. This is what is
required by brotherhood and again stresses the importance of choosing
friends who are upon the correct way, who are loyal, and who hide your
faults whilst ordering you with good and forbidding you from evil, who
stand beside you and support you, and co-operate with you upon all
that is good.
This principle is important from the standpoint of how the religion is
to be established, and from the standpoint of what brotherhood is and
what it does. In deed, the reason that one takes a companion is to
help him establish Islam, and to help him worship Allaah. We find a
good example in the Prophet Moosaa alayhis Salam the one whom Allaah
chose and spoke to. When Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, sent him to
Pharaoh, he (Moosaa) alayhis salam said as Allaah informs us saying
(what means): "And appoint for me a helper from my family, Haaroon -
my brother; increase my strength with him, and let him share my task
(of conveying Allaah's Message and Prophethood) , that we may glorify
You much and remember You much." [Quran; 20: 29-34]
Moosa alayhis salam wanted his brother to support him and help him,
protect him and accompany him. This is exactly what the believers do
for one another. For the thing that binds the believers together and
makes them brothers is the bond of faith.
The Prophet salla Allahu alihi wa sallam said: "There are three
characteristics; whoever has them will taste the sweetness of faith:
That Allaah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than all else,
that he loves a person and does not love him except for the sake of
Allaah, and that he would hate to revert to unbelief just as he would
hate to be thrown into the Fire." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Thus the connection between the believers is based upon faith and
sincere brotherhood. Beware against taking any companion if such
companionship is based upon other than this, for if you were to do
that you would then bite your hands in grief. Just as the unjust ones
will bite their hands in grief.
Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, Says (what means):
"And (remember) the Day when the wrong-doer (oppressor, polytheist
etc.) will bite at his hand, he will say: ‘Oh! Would that I had taken
a path with the Messenger. Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken
so-and-so as a friend! He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (the
Quran) after it had come to me….’" [Quran; 25:27]
And Allaah Says (what means):
"And whosoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Beneficent
(Allaah), We appoint for him Satan to be a Qareen (intimate companion)
to him." [Quran; 43:36]
So all of the physical togetherness that you see around you, which is
based upon other than faith will be wiped away on that Day, and it
will be a source of misery and torture for them.
Allaah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, Says (what means):
“Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except the pious."
[Quran; 43:67]
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