Poem: If A Friend Is Worth Keeping, Then Don't Quit On Them Easily

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

💌 If some friends bailed out or cancelled certain plans with you, 

If one said "Sorry, I can't come. I've got work to do." 

And another ignored your messages for a few 

Days without explaining why your meeting was eschewed, 

Will you forgive them or doubt if your friendship is true? 

~•~ 

Maybe this friend didn't attend your wedding due to 

Familial issues, financial problems, or bad moods, 

While the other changed their moves and acted insecure, 

Refusing to mingle with humans including you, 

As depression causes them to act rude and aloof.

~•~ 

If they're worth liking, many times they've been kind to you, 

And staying connected to them brings lots of virtues, 

Then forgiving them shouldn't be a hard thing to do. 

Be the type of friend who would determinedly refuse 

Quitting on good souls quickly because they're flawed like you. 

~•~

Tell yourself, regarding friends who cancel plans with you, 

"They've got their own families and their own tasks to do. 

I'm not their only pal. They've got other contacts too. 

To decline or accept invites they've a right to choose."

Real friends give space. Toxic ones expect too much from you.

~•~

📖 Abu Darda RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "No Muslim servant supplicates for his brother behind his back but that the angel says: 'And for you the same.'"

Source: Sahih Muslim 2732

Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim 

📖 Al-Bayhaqi reported: Abu Qilabah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “If you hear something about your brother that you hate, then make an effort to obtain an excuse for him. If you do not find an excuse, then say to yourself: 'Perhaps my brother has an excuse I do not know.'”

Source: Hilyat Al-Awliyā’ 2485 

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