MAIN TOPIC: GOOD COMPANIONSHIP

By Abdurrahman Mababaya

‫السالم عليكم ورحمة هللا وبركاته‬

In the name of Allaah, – ‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
the Most Gracious, the Ever-Merciful
All praise is due to Allaah, – ‫الحمد هلل رب العالمين‬
the Lord, Creator, and Sustainer of all things
And – ‫والصالة والسالم على أشرف األنبياء والمرسلين‬
may Allaah raise the rank of and grant peace
to the most noble of his Prophets and
Messengers,
Our Prophet Muhammad – ‫نبينا محمد‬
and upon all of his – ‫وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين‬
family members, and Companions in entirety.
May Allaah grant us all sincerity in worship
and make this blessed gathering of ours filled
with Tranquility, enveloped with mercy,
surrounded by angels, and mentioned
amongst those who are with Him.
Tonight, dear brothers in Islaam, I want us to
have a better understanding of good
companionship and friendship.
It is of UTMOST IMPORTANCE to be able to
IDENTIFY one who is a good companion,
because as it is reported that Abu Hurayrah
(‫ )رضي هللا عنه‬said, that the Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

ُ‫الرجلُُعُلىُدُينُُخُلُيلُه‬
“A person is upon the Religion of his close
friend. [the word deen can be as
encompassing as the entire religion, or it can
also refer to the level of obedience and
disobedience of your companions]

ُ ‫ُفُلُيُنُظُرُُأُحُُدكُمُُمُنُيُالُل‬
So let each of you look carefully
(contemplate) to whom he keeps as a
khaleel/ companion.”
In another narration:
 ُ ‫فُلُيُنُظُرُُأُحُُدكُمُُمُنُيُالُط‬
So let each of you look carefully
(contemplate) to whom he mixes with.”
This is an authentic Hassan Hadeeth from our
Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬which is collected by the
Imaams Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi in their
sunan.

Also, It has been reported by the 2 Imaams

Al-Bukhaari and Muslim from Anas bin Maalik
(‫ )رضي هللا عنه‬that a man said:

‫ساعةُ؟‬ ‫َيُرسول ه‬
‫ُاَّللُمَتُال ه‬
‘O Messenger of Allaah; when will the Hour
be? (i.e. of Judgment)’

‫ُوماُأعددتَُلاُ؟‬:ُ‫ُقال‬
So he (‫ )ﷺ‬said: “And What have you
prepared for it?”

‫ب ه‬
ُ‫ُاَّللُورسوله‬ ُّ ‫ُإالُأ ِّنُأح‬،ُ‫ُال‬:ُ‫ُقال‬
then he said: ‘I have not prepared for it
except that I love Allaah and His Messenger.’
(in another narration, he said I have not
prepared for it a great deal of prayer or
fasting or charity; However, I love Allaah and
His Messenger)

"ُ‫ُفإنهكُمعُمنُأحب بت‬:ُ‫ُقال‬.ُ
So he (‫ )ﷺ‬said: “Then you will be with those
whom you love.”
So Anas said:
ٍ
ُ‫فماُفرحناُبشيءُب عدُاإلسالمُف رحنا‬
"ُ‫ُ"ُإنهكُمعُمنُأحبُبت‬:ُ‫ُاَّلل‬
‫بقولُرسول ه‬
‘So we were not delighted after Islaam
with a delight greater than the saying of
the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬: ((Then you will be with
those whom you love))’

ُ‫ُاَّللُصُلهى‬
‫بُرسول ه‬ ُّ ‫ُفأَنُأح‬:ُُ‫ُقالُأنس‬.ُ
ُ‫ُفُأرجو‬،ُ‫اَّللُعليهُوسلهمُوأَبُبك ٍرُوعمر‬
‫ه‬
ُ‫أنُأكونُمعهمُِب ِّبُإ هَيهمُوإنُكنتُُال‬
.ُ‫أعملُِبعماَلم‬
Anas said: ‘So I love Allaah and His
Messenger; as well as Aboo Bakr and
‘Umar. I hope I will be with them – even if
it be that I did not carry out actions the
like of their actions.”
How does one show that he loves Allaah and
His Messenger?

‫ُاَّللُفاتهبعوّنُُُببكم ه‬
ُ‫ُاَّلل‬ ‫قلُإنُكنتمُُتبُّون ه‬
‫وي غفرُلكمُذنوبكمُُۗو ه‬
ُ‫اَّللُغفورُ هرحُيم‬
Say (O Muhammad (‫ )ﷺ‬to mankind): "If
you (really) love Allah then follow me (i.e.
accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the
Quran and the Sunnah), Allah will love
you and forgive you of your sins. And
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
(Surah 3 Aali-‘Imraan, verse 31)
Our Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬said:

ُ‫أالُوإ هنُِفُاْلسدُمضغة‬
Truly in the body there is a morsel of
flesh,

،‫ُإذاُصلحتُصلحُاْلسدُكلُّه‬
which, if it be whole, all the body is whole,

،‫ُوإذاُفسدتُفسدُاْلسدُكلُّه‬
and which, if it is diseased, all of [the
body] is diseased.

ُ‫ُأالُوهيُالقلب‬
Truly, it is the heart.” Related by al-Bukhari
and Muslim.
As such, whoever claims that they love Allaah
and His Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬will show it by action
and not merely by statement.
Ibn Mas’ood (‫ )رضي هللا عنه‬said, "Indeed a
person walks alongside and accompanies the
one whom he loves and who is like him." Al-
Ibaanah (2/476)

Abu ad-Dardaa (‫ )رضي هللا عنه‬said, "It is from

the fiqh (understanding of a person) that he
[chooses] those whom he walks with, whom
he enters upon (visits) and whom he sits
with." Al-Ibaanah (2/477)

It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allāh

have mercy on him – said:

ُ‫ليسُشيءُأبلغُِفُفسادُرجلُوصالحه‬
ُ ‫َبلصاحب‬
There is nothing that corrupts a person or
rectifies him more than [his] companion.
Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā article 504.
Al-A’mash said, "They (the Salaf) did not
used to ask anything more about a person
after having asked about three affairs: Who
he walks with, who he enters upon (i.e.
visits) and who he associates with amongst
the people." Al-Ibaanah (2/478)

Muhammad bin Ubaid al-Ghulaabee said,

"The Ahl ul-Ahwaa (People of Desires) hide
everything except their intimate friendship
and companionship." Al-Ibaanah (2/482)

Mu’aadh bin Mu’aadh said to Yahyaa bin

Sa’eed, "O Abu Sa’eed! A person may hide
his viewpoint from us, but he will not be
able to hide that in his son, or his friend or in
the one whom he sits with." Al-Ibaanah
(2/437)
I’d like to remind myself first and then
everyone else of 2 NARRATIONS about good
companionship so we will be able to IDENTIFY
one who is a good companion.

ُ‫ُعنُأيبُموسىُاألشعريُرضيُهللاُعنه‬.1
ُ :‫أنُالنّبُصلىُهللاُعليهُوسلمُقال‬
From Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari, May Allaah be
pleased with him, that the Prophet (May
Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace)
said:

ُ ،‫سوء‬
ُ‫صالحُوجليسُال ه‬
‫ُُ"مثلُاْلليسُُال ه‬
The example of a good companion and a
bad companion

،ُ‫ُوَنُفُخُُالكُي‬،ُ‫ُُكُحُامُلُُالُسُك‬
Is the example of a perfume salesman and
a blacksmith

ُ ،ُ‫ُإ هُماُأُنُُُُذُيُك‬،ُ‫ُفحاملُُالسك‬
The perfume salesman is either going to
give you a gift

ُ ،ُ‫ُوإُ هُماُأُنُُتُبُتُاعُمُنُه‬
Or you’re going to buy from him (i.e.
some of his perfume)

ُ ،‫ُ ُوإ هُماُأُنُُتُدُُمُنُهُُُرُاُطُُيِبُة‬

Or you will smell its pleasant fragrance
[either way you have a good smell and a good
scent and a good impact has been made on you
from companionship with him]
 ُ ،ُُ‫ُإُ هُماُأُنُُُُُرقُُثُيُابُك‬،ُ‫ُوَنُفُخُُالكُي‬
He’s either going to burn your clothes
directly (because of the nature of his work)

"ُ‫ُوإ هُماُأنُتُدُُرُاُخبيثة‬
Or you’re going to find a terrible, foul
smell [as a result of your companionship with
him at least].”

))‫ُ((متفقُعليه‬
This is a beautiful parable. Good
companionship has its fruits, while bad
companionship has a terrible effects on a
person.
2. The second Hadeeth is one you don’t
typically hear being mentioned in the topic of
companionship.
However, the insight in this Hadeeth about
companionship is subtle and as you discover
it you will say, “that is AMAZING!”
This is in the collection of Al-Mu’jamul Kabeer
by Imaam At-Tabaaraani (‫)رحمه هللا‬, and he
said:
From the narration of ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Abbaas
(‫)رضي هللا عنهما‬, that the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said:
ٍ ‫ماُمُنُع‬
ٍ‫بدُمؤم ُن‬
“There is no believing servant

‫إ هالُولهُذنب‬
Except he has a sin. [You know the other
‫ وخْي اخلطَّائي‬، ‫آدم خطَّاء‬
Hadeeth: (( ‫َّوابُون‬
َّ ‫ني الت‬
َ َ َ‫َ ر‬ َ ‫ )) ُك ُّل بَيِن ي‬All
of the sons of Aadam continually err, the best
of those who continually err are those who
repent much.]
Back to this Hadeeth – no believing servant
exists except he has a sin. We will connect the
earlier ideas to this important Hadeeth. There
is no pious believer except that he has a sin.

ُ ،‫يُعُتُادُهُُالفُيُنُةُبُعُدُُالفُيُنُة‬
He falls into it time after time

ُ ُ‫أُوُُذُنُبُُهُوُُمُقُيمُُعُلُيه‬
Or he has a sin that he does consistently
[the 1st case is that the sin is done occasionally.
The 2nd case is that he also has a sin but he is
persistent upon it]

ُُّ ُُ‫َتُيُفُ ُارق‬

ُ ‫الدنُيُا‬ ُ‫الُُيُفُ ُارقُهُُحُ ه‬
He never leaves it until he leaves this
dunyaa (world) [i.e. he’s a sinner. You should
be thinking, “Where is the connection in this
Hadeeth to companionship? What does this
have to do with companionship? So far,
everything is about pious people also falling
into sins – either occasionally done or
committed persistently”]

ُ ‫إُ هُنُال مُ ُؤمُنُُخُلُقُُمُفُتهُنُا‬

The believer has been created in a
fitnah/trial between 2 stations:

‫ُتُ هُواَبُُنُسُيُا‬
Tawwaab (always repenting) / Nasiyyan
(forgetting) [right now you are between these
2 cases, and hopefully we are closer to the
station of being tawwaab i.e. someone who
repents often.
So you might be Nasiyyan/always forgetting to
repent, mostly forgetting to repent & not much
remembering, sometimes forgetting &
sometimes remembering, mostly remembering
& not much forgetfulness, OR
Tawwaab/always remembering to repent. So a
believer is always fluctuating between these 2
stations – sometimes you have strong Eemaan
and you have times of weakness which makes
you forget, May Allaah forgives us]
The Hadeeth ends with 3 words that connect
us to the topic – Good Companionship.

ُ ُ‫اُذ ُِكرُُذكر‬
ُ ُ‫إُذ‬
When he is reminded, he remembers.”
[this is the case of the believer]
Like I mentioned, the connection is subtle.
The believer is between these 2 stations –
forgetfulness and remembering & repentance.
What pushes him towards the side of
remembering and repenting? What is the one
factor that the Hadeeth ends with?
It is COMPANIONSHIP. If he is
REMINDED, then he remembers.
You’re in this struggle between these 2 stations
and you have a companion who says, “come
on, let’s drink or smoke something.” Which
station is he pushing you towards – tawwaab
(rememberance and repentance) or nasiyyaa
(forgetfulness)? He’s pushing you towards
forgetting Allaah.
How about a companion who tells you to go
early to the Masjid with wudoo’ made in the
home, so that with every step you take towards
the Masjid you get a degree earned or a sin
forgiven?
Which station is he pushing you towards -
tawwaaban or nasiyyan?
Always evaluate which direction your
companion is leading you.

Let me ask you all a question: can a person of

bid’ah (innovation in the religion), one who
persists in committing innovations in the
religion and calls to it, be a good companion
if he performs all the 5 pillars of Islaam, calls
others to pray and deals with people in a very
friendly and respectful manner?
The Answer: No, because he still calls you to
something that is rejected by Allaah and
punishable.
ُ ‫منُأحدثُِفُأمرَنُهذاُماُليسُمنهُفهوُرد‬
“Whoever innovates something in this
matter of ours (i.e. Islaam) will have it
rejected.”

ُ ‫منُعملُعمالُليسُعليهُأمرَنُفهوُرد‬
“Whoever does an action which we have
not commanded will have it rejected.”
ٍ
:‫عنُسهلُبنُسعدُقال‬
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d:

:‫هّبُصلىُهللاُعليهُوسلم‬
ُّ ‫ُقالُالن‬
I heard the Prophet saying,

ُ‫ُ«إ ِّنُف رطكمُعلىُاْلوضُمنُم هرُعل هُي‬

،‫شرب‬
“I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount
(Kauthar), and whoever will come to it, will
drink from it,

‫ُومنُشربَُلُيظمُأُأبدا‬
and whoever will drink from it, will never
become thirsty after that.

،‫ُليد هنُعل هيُأق وامُأعرف همُوي عرف ُوّن‬

There will come to me some people whom I
know and they know me,

ُ‫ُُثهُُالُب يِنُوب ي ن هم‬

and then a barrier will be set up between me
and them.

ُ‫ُإ هَّنمُم ِِن‬:‫ُفأقول‬

I will say those people are from me.

ُ‫ُإنهكُالُتدريُماُأحدثواُب عدك‬:‫ُف ي قال‬

It will be said, ‘You do not know what
changes and new things they did after you.’

»‫ُلمنُغ هيُب عدي‬،‫ُسحقا‬،‫ُسحقا‬:‫ُفأقول‬

Then I will say, ‘Far removed (from mercy),
far removed (from mercy), those who
changed (the religion) after me! “

ُ:‫ُومسلم‬،2616ُ:‫ُ(رواهُالبخاري‬
.)6622
The Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬also warned against the
People of Innovation, from befriending,
supporting or taking from them saying:

ُ‫ُف عُليه‬,ُ‫أوُآوىُُمدًث‬,ُ‫منُأحدثُحدًث‬
‫لعنة ه‬
ُ ُ‫ُاَّللُوالمالئكةُوالنهاسُأْجعي‬
"Whoever innovates or accommodates an
innovator then upon him is the curse of
Allaah, His Angels and the whole of
mankind." Reported by Bukhaaree (12/41)
and Muslim (9/140)
Your companionship with him is betraying the
common people, being insincere towards
them. The layman may think that it’s ok for
him to sit with the innovator because he sees
you sitting with him.

ُ‫من‬: ‫قالُعبدُهللاُبنُعونُرمحهُهللاُتعاىل‬
ُ‫ُيالسُأهلُالبدعُُأش ُّدُعلي ناُمنُأهل‬
ُ .ُ‫البدع‬
‘Abdullaah Ibn ‘Awn said, "Those who sit
with the People of Innovation are more
severe upon us than the People of
Innovation themselves." Al-Ibaanah (2/273)
 ُ‫ُالُتالسواُأصحاب‬:‫ُقال‬,‫عنُأيبُقالبة‬
ُ‫األهواءُفإ ِّنُالُآمنُأنُي غمسوكُمُِف‬
ُ‫ضاللتهمُأوُي لبسواُعليكمُب عضُمُا‬
ُ‫ت عرفون‬
Abu Qilābah (d. 104H) said: “Do not sit with
the People of Desires, for indeed I fear they
will immerse you in their misguidance, or
they will deceive you concerning some of
what you know [to be the truth].”

Al-Fudayl ibn 'lyaad (d. 187H) said, "I met the

best of people, all of them people of the
Sunnah and they used to forbid from
accompanying the People of Innovation."
Reported by al-Laalikaa-ee,
Yahyaa bin Sa’eed al-Qattaan said, "When
Sufyaan ath-Thawree came to Basrah he
began to look into the affair of ar-Rabee’ bin
Subaih and the people’s estimation of him.
He asked them, ‘What is his madhhab?’, and
they said, ‘His madhhab is but the Sunnah’.
He then asked, ‘Who is his companionship?’
and they replied, ‘The people of Qadr’ so he
replied, ‘In that case he is a Qadari’." Al-
Ibaanah (2/453)

Ibn Battah (after quoting this) said, "Allaah’s

mercy be upon Sufyaan ath-Thawree. He has
indeed spoken with wisdom and he spoke
the truth. He spoke with knowledge that is
in agreement with the Book and the Sunnah
and what is necessitated by wisdom and
what the people of sure insight know. Allaah
the Exalted said,
 ُ‫َيُأيُّهاُالهذينُآمنواُالُت تهخذُوا‬
ُ‫ُمنُدونكمُالَُيلونكم‬
ِ ‫ة‬ ‫ان‬‫ط‬ ‫ب‬
ُ‫خباالُودُّواُماُعنتُّم‬
"O you who believe! Take not as (your)
Bitânah (advisors, consultants, protectors,
helpers, friends, etc.) those other than you
(outside your religion or upon other than the
right way) since they will not fail to do their
best to corrupt you. They desire to harm you
severely." (Aali Imraan 3:118)."

Abu Dawood as-Sijistaanee said, "I said to

Abu Abdullaah Ahmad bin Hanbal: I see a
man from Ahl us-Sunnah with a man from
Ahl ul-Bid’ah. Shall I leave his speaking to
him? He said, ‘No, inform him that the man
that you saw him with is a person of
innovation, so if he leaves him, then speak
to him, otherwise treat him the same as
him, as Ibn Ma’sood said, ‘A man is like his
companion’." Tabaqaat ul-Hanaabilah
(1/160)

Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee said, "Whoever hides his

innovation from us will not be able to hide
his companionship from us." Al-Ibaanah
(2/476)

I want to end with aayah 67 in Surah 43 Az-

Zukhruf – Allaah says:

ٍ ‫األخ هالءُي ومئ ٍذُب عضهمُلب ع‬

ُ‫ضُعدوُُإ هال‬
ُ‫المتهقي‬
Friends on that Day will be foes one to
another except Al-Muttaqun (pious and
righteous persons who fear Allah much (abstain
from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He
has forbidden) and love Allah much (perform
all kinds of good deeds which He has
ordained)).
Imaam Ibn Katheer said this verse means:
“every friendship that exists for a purpose
other than for the sake of Allaah will turn
to enmity on the Day of Resurrection,
except for that which is for the sake of
Allaah, which will last forever.
This is like the statement of Ibraaheem
(‫ )عليهُالسالم‬to his people:

‫ُمنُدون ه‬
ُ‫ُاَّللُأوًثَن‬ ِ ‫ُت‬‫ذ‬ ‫ه‬
‫اُاَّت‬ ‫ه‬
‫َّن‬‫إ‬
“You have taken (for worship) idols
instead of Allah,

ُّ ‫ُ همودهةُب ينكمُِفُاْلياة‬
ُُ‫ُالدنُيُا‬
and the love between you is only in the life
of this world,

ٍ ُ‫ُثهُي ومُالقيامةُيكفرُب عضكمُبب ع‬

ُ‫ض‬
but on the Day of Resurrection, you shall
disown each other,

‫ُوي لعنُب عضكمُب عضا‬

and curse each other,

‫مُم ه‬
ُ‫نَُنصرين‬ ِ ‫ك‬ ‫اُل‬‫م‬‫ُو‬ ‫هار‬
‫ن‬ ‫ُال‬‫م‬ ‫اك‬‫و‬‫أ‬‫م‬‫و‬ ُ
and your abode will be the Fire, and you
shall have no helper."
Al-‘Allaamah Shaykh ‘Abdurrahmaan ibn
Naasir As-Sa’di, the scholar of Sh. Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (‫)رمحهما هللا‬, said about this verse that
the friends on that day meaning the Day of
Judgment. Those who were friends upon kufr,
lies, and disobedience to Allaah – will be foes
to one another – because their friendship and
love in the world was for other than Allaah. So
it turned on the Day of Resurrection as
enmity. Except for the Muttaqoon, those who
avoided shirk and disobedience, for their love
will last and continue forever (whoever’s love
was for this reason [i.e. to have taqwaa]).
Question: Why do you think those whose
friendship was based on disobedience to Allaah
will turn into enmity on the Day of Judgment?
Answer: they will blame each other and
themselves for pushing each other away from
the remembrance of Allaah and instead calling
each other to sin.
Allaah says:

ُ‫ضُالظهاَلُعل ٰىُيديهُي قولَُيُُلي تِن‬

ُّ ‫وي ومُي ع‬
ُ‫هاَّتذتُمعُال هرسولُسبيال‬
And (remember) the Day when the Zalim
(wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist, etc.) will
bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh! Would that
I had taken a path with the Messenger
(Muhammad ‫)ﷺ‬.
 ُ‫َتُلي تِنَُلُأ هَّتذُفالَنُخلُيال‬
ٰ ‫َيُوي ل‬
"Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never
taken so-and-so as a friend!

ُُۗ‫لهقدُأضلهِنُعنُال ِذكرُب عدُإذُجاءّن‬

‫وكانُال ه‬
ُ‫شيطانُلْلنسانُخذوال‬
"He indeed led me astray from the
Reminder (this Quran) after it had come
to me. And Shaitan (Satan) is ever a
deserter to man in the hour of need."

Please contemplate on this aayah – it is a

warning for all of us!
We need to stop the following types of
friendship as soon as possible, because no one
knows when death will come:
1. Boyfriend/girlfriend relationships –
Allaah ordered us to lower our gazes from
the Haraam like looking at women or for
women to look at men with desire (Surah
24 An-Nur, verses 30-31); He ordered the
women not soften their voices lest he in
whose heart is a disease should be moved
with desire (Surah 33 Al-Ahzab, verse 32)l
our Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬ordered us not to mix with
the non-mahrams; our Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬has
never touched the hand of a non-mahram
woman; He (‫ )ﷺ‬warned us of the zinaa
(illegal sexual intercourse) of the different
parts of the body which are all Haraam!
because Allah – the Most High – says:
“And those who guard their chastity
(i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual
acts) except from their wives or that
their right hands possess, for then, they
are free from blame, but whoever seeks
beyond that, then those are the
transgressors;” (Surah Al-Muminoon 5-7)
And his statement – The One free from
deficiency, the Most High:
“And come not near to the unlawful
sexual intercourse. Verily, it is a
Fahishah [i.e. anything that transgresses
its limits (a great sin)], and an evil way
(that leads one to Hell unless Allah
 forgives him).” (Surah Al-Israa 32)
What do you think boys – do
boyfriend/girlfriend relationships bring you
closer to remembering Allaah or forgetting
Allaah?
What do you think – is this friendship upon
goodness that will continue in Paradise or
upon disobedience that may land you in
Hellfire?
2. Friendships to obtain some Haraam
like buying/selling/sharing drugs, alcohol,
illegal movies, music etc… - Allaah says:

ُ‫بُوالته قو ٰىُُوالُت عُاونوا‬

ِ ‫ىُال‬ ‫ل‬ ‫واُع‬‫ن‬‫او‬‫ع‬ ‫ت‬‫و‬
 ‫واُاَّللُُإ هُنُ ه‬
ُ‫اَّلل‬ ‫علىُاإلُثُوالعدوانُُۚواتهق ه‬
ُ‫شديدُالعقاب‬
“Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-
Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety);
but do not help one another in sin and
transgression. And fear Allah. Verily,
Allah is Severe in punishment.” (Surah 5
Maa-idah, verse 2)
3. Friendships upon too much waste of
time and procrastination like too much
playing games or sports such that you forget
your obligations like learning the religion -
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said, “There are two
blessings which many people lose:
(They are) Health and free time for
 doing good.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari) He (‫)ﷺ‬
also said: “Take benefit from five before
five: your Youth before your old age,
your health before your illness, your
riches before your poverty, you free
time before your preoccupation, and
your life before your death.” (Saheeh Al-
Jaami)
How many youth like you lost everything
in the blink of an eye due to a calamity like
a natural disaster and could not utilize the
blessings for the Sake of Allaah before they
were taken away!
4. Friendships which do not include
reminding or advising each other – our
Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said that the Religion is
Sincerity to Allaah, His Book, His
Messenger, the Muslim Leaders, and their
common folk. (Muslim) Sincerity to the
common folk (i.e. your brothers in Islaam)
includes teaching your brother and
correcting him when falls short. Imaam Al-
Albaani (‫ )رمحه هللا‬said, “…if I really love you
for the sake of Allaah I would persist in
advising you, and you would do the
same. Persevering in advising one
another is very rare between those who
claim to love each other, this love
might have some sincerity in it, but it is
not complete, because we try to make
an allowance for the other, afraid that
the other person will become angry,
 that he will flee … and so on.” (Al-
Haawi min Fataawaa al-Albaani, pp. 165-
166)

Before we conclude, let’s review - Question:

what makes a person either a good
companion or a bad one?
Answer: A good companion is one who leads
you closer to remembering Allaah and
repenting to Him, while a bad companion is
one who leads you to forgetting Him.

May Allaah, Ar-Rahmaan (the Most Gracious),

Ar-Raheem (the Ever Merciful) put love and
mercy in our hearts for each other for the
purpose of uniting upon the Truth.
May Allaah subhaanahu wa ta’aalaa guide us to
the Straight Path and keep us firm on it.
May Allaah forgive us for all of our
shortcomings.
Whatever good that I have said is from Allaah
and whatever evil or mistake is from the
Shaytaan or myself.
Subhaanak-allaahumma wa bihamdika, ash-
hadu an laa ilaaha illaa anta, astaghfiruka wa
atoobu ilayka

Assalaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa

barakaatuh