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By Abdurrahman Mababaya
ُ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.
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)
ُ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)
ُُ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 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]
ُ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.
ُ 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,
ُومنُشربَُلُيظمُأُأبدا
and whoever will drink from it, will never
become thirsty after that.
ُ:ُ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].”
ُ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,
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: