Poem: "Loneliness" Isn't Valid Reason To Befriend Anyone And Everyone

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

💌 From time to time the cursed shaytan, our archenemy, 

May suggest that you need new friends as you seem "lonely". 

"Loneliness" must not let you befriend anybody. 

Don't build connections with people just because they speak

Your dialect. Don't put your trust in each soul you meet. 

~•~

Not every person you pass by at work, in the streets, 

And online deserves your attention and energy. 

Many are motivated by foul ego and greed, 

Most are driven to mistreat when triggered by envy, 

And all humans have the freewill to misuse their speech.

~•~

To succeed in both worlds, choose your close friends carefully. 

Wasting your time and money on the wrong company, 

Conversing with gossipers and liars aimlessly, 

And acting like besties with those who are secretly

Jealous of you can breed misery eventually.

~•~

Wolves, with Allah's Will, can thrive without distraught donkeys, 

And to survive in the wild it's not necessary

For each lion to connect with malicious monkeys, 

For elephants to mingle with crocodiles freely, 

And for eagles to glide around pesky flies or bees.

~•~

We don't require lots of friendships to live peacefully. 

Allah the Almighty didn't create us to be 

Enslaved by people's wants and embrace everybody. 

Live to please Allah despite some critics' enmity. 

Shun those who can't inspire us to rise in piety.

~•~

📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The souls are like conscripted soldiers. They come together upon what they recognize, and they differ upon what they reject."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 3109 

Sahih Muslim 2638 

📖 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 

📖 Anas Ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Three things follow a deceased person (to the person's grave). Two of them return and one remains. His family, his wealth, and his deeds follow him. His family and wealth return, but his deeds remain (with the dead in their graves)."

Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6149 

Sahih Muslim 2960

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim 

📖 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 scent. 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 

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