💌 If you feel like you're walking on
eggshells every time you surround certain friends who take your advice as an
insult when you're simply carrying out your duty of enjoining right and
forbidding wrong, those aren't the kind of people that are beneficial for your
soul. Friends worth keeping don't assume you're judgmental when you try to
correct their mistakes. They welcome your kind reminders and invitation to
learn more about Islam, just as you'd gladly appreciate them if they pointed
out an error of yours. Instead of making up statements such as "Only Allah
can judge me", "Mind your own business", or "Stop acting
like you're better than us," they wholeheartedly thank you for being concerned
of their faith/Imaan and well-being.
If you truly cared about someone, you wouldn't stay quiet and do nothing while you watch them walk towards Hell.
You'd do whatever it takes to save them, or at least warn them and pray to Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala to grant them guidance.
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "A man is upon the religion of his close friend, so let one of you look at whom he befriends."
Source: Sunan Al-Tirmidhi 2378
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Nawawi
📖 Abu Al-Ahwas narrated: Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu said, "Remember Allah the Almighty often. You must not accompany anyone unless they help you remember Allah the Almighty."
Source: Shu’ab Al-Imān 8998
📖 Ibn Hibban reported: Abu Darda RadhiAllahu 'anhu said, "A righteous companion is better than solitude, and solitude is better than an evil companion. A good writer is better than one who is silent, and a silent person is better than an evil writer."
Source: Rawdat Al-‘Uqalā 56
If you truly cared about someone, you wouldn't stay quiet and do nothing while you watch them walk towards Hell.
You'd do whatever it takes to save them, or at least warn them and pray to Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala to grant them guidance.
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "A man is upon the religion of his close friend, so let one of you look at whom he befriends."
Source: Sunan Al-Tirmidhi 2378
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Nawawi
📖 Abu Al-Ahwas narrated: Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud RadhiAllahu 'anhu said, "Remember Allah the Almighty often. You must not accompany anyone unless they help you remember Allah the Almighty."
Source: Shu’ab Al-Imān 8998
📖 Ibn Hibban reported: Abu Darda RadhiAllahu 'anhu said, "A righteous companion is better than solitude, and solitude is better than an evil companion. A good writer is better than one who is silent, and a silent person is better than an evil writer."
Source: Rawdat Al-‘Uqalā 56