๐ In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
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๐️ Five reasons to be carefully selective regarding your choice of close friends:
1] You don't want to waste your time and money on individuals who may be ungrateful, narcissistic, self-entitled, unsupportive and secretly envious of you, particularly if their overall presence can't inspire you to become a better Muslim in any way.
2] You do not wish to have any affiliation with groups or cliques of people who are frequently involved in crimes, illegal acts, deception, pointless drama, and aimless arguments with other associations.
3] You'd rather conserve your energy and spend it wisely for Allah's sake on more productive and meaningful matters than pretend to enjoy insipid conversations with people whose goals are too different from yours.
4] Being the subject of some people's gossip is not something you find agreeable. Since you don't want to be the cause of many Muslims earning sins through backbiting, you readily distance yourself from those whom you have discovered are inclined to believing in rumors and gossiping.
5] As a generally focused and goal-oriented Muslim, anybody and anything which could distract you from serving Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala properly are avoided for Allah's sake unapologetically, as much as possible. Your selectiveness doesn't imply that you assume you're better than the majority of humanity on earth but you simply do not aspire to greet remorse in this world and on Judgment Day for selecting the wrong kind of friends who try to connect with you for their own selfish agenda.
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๐ Abu Musa RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Verily, the parable (similitude, example) of good company and a bad company is that of a seller of musk and a blacksmith. The seller of musk will give you some perfume, you will buy some, or you will notice a good smell. As for the blacksmith, he will burn your clothes or you will notice a bad smell."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 5534, Sahih Muslim 2628
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
๐ 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
๐ 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 silent, and one silent is better than an evil writer."
Source: Rawḍat Al-‘Uqalā’ 56
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