Poem: Solitude With Allah Is Better Than Socializing With Toxic People

💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful

💌 Uh, yeah, you think I'm "lonely" if I don't chill with them?

Please, don't flatter yourself. Enough with your assumptions. 

I'd rather chat with cows, read to monkeys, look at hens 

Than befriend actors, pros at lying and pretending.

~•~

Thanks, but no thanks, I don't need a large number of friends. 

I have Allah the Most Wise and I'm complete with Him. 

I can live without a fan club of fakes who pretend 

To like you yet behind your back they'd be gossiping.

~•~

Quality time with Allah is much more comforting 

Than listening to frenemies' lies, jokes, and nonsense.

Believe me as I say I'm missing out on nothing 

Each time I distance myself from the wrong companions.

~•~

Among signs of toxic souls who aren't deserving 

Of our loyalty are: They're obsessed with fault-finding, 

Teasing you on your flaws, addicted to backbiting, 

And they're boring if from them we can't learn anything.

~•~

Ten minutes of reading or Qur'an recitation 

Is better than three hours of chatting online with them. 

If they guess I'm "lonesome" when I grant them avoidance, 

Then sweet solitude with Allah is gladly welcomed.

~•~

📖 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 At-Tirmidhi 2378

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Nawawi

📖 Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Keep only a believer for a companion and let only a righteous person eat your food."

At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud

Reference: Riyad As-Salihin 366

In-book reference: Introduction, Hadith 366

📖 Abu Umamah RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever loves for the sake of Allah, hates for the sake of Allah, gives for the sake of Allah, and withholds for the sake of Allah has perfected the faith."

Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4681

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani

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