This week we look at something that can either be so beautiful it helps you towards Jannah or so ugly that it can pull you both into the fire together: Friendship.Friends on that Day will be enemies one to another, except al-Muttaqoon (I.e. Those who have Taqwah).[Quran 43:67] In our journey towards the hereafter we need good friends. So this week we look at friendship from here to the hereafter and how you can be a real friend. Plus, we have a dua to learn and to teach others, a dua related to friendship in a very special way! Do you know that the person with the most beautiful character, the one who dealt with people in the best way, also gave us clear advice on friendship? The Prophet (saws) said: A person is likely to follow the faith of his friend, so look whom you befriend .An Amazing Story by Ali radiyallahu ‘anhuI wanted to start with this beautiful story mentioned by Ibn Katheer, related on the authority of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (Ra) telling us that any friendship for other than Allah (swt). Is turned into enmity except for what was in this friendship for the sake of Allah (swt). “Two who are friends for Allah’s sake; one of them dies and is given good news that he will be granted al-Jannah, so he remembered his friend and he supplicated for him, saying: ‘O Allah, my friend used to command me to obey You and to obey Your Prophet (saws) and used to command me to do good and to forbid me from doing evil. And he told me that I will meet You. O Allah, do not let him go astray after me, until you show him what you have just shown me, until You are satisfied with him, just like You are satisfied with me.’ So he is told: ‘Had you known what is (written) for you friend, would you have laughed a lot and cried a little.’ Then his friend dies and their souls are gathered, and both are asked to express their opinions about each other. So each one of them says to his friend: ‘You were the best brother, the best companion and the best friend.’ And when one of the two disbelieving friends dies, and he is given tidings of Hellfire, he remembered his friend and he said: ‘O Allah, my friend used to order me to disobey You and disobey Your Prophet, and commanded me to do evil, and forbade me from doing good, and told me that I would not meet You. O Allah, do not guide him after me, until you show him what you have just shown me and until you are dissatisfied with him just like You are dissatisfied with me.’ Then the other disbelieving friend dies, and their souls are gathered, and both are asked to give their opinions about each other. So each one says to his friend: ‘You were the worst brother, the worst companion and the worst friend. ”This is how important friendship is in Islam.Two Powerful Ayaat: Who Are Your friends?The story of Ali (Ra), mentioned above, was narrated relating to this ayaat:And (remember) the Day when the wrong-doer will bite his 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 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]
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:18:48 +0000
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