Friday, November 3, 2023

Tips: Sometimes Allah Prevents You From Befriending Certain Souls To Preserve Your Faith Imaan

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

🗒️ Five reasons why Allah the Most Wise may prevent you from establishing lengthy friendships with certain souls and why your distance from them is actually a blessing for you in both worlds: 
1. Allah the All-Seeing knows what kind of hearts those individuals have (they're possibly prone to extreme jealousy, irrational suspicion and vindictive narcissism etc.), and their awful motives significantly conflict with your good intentions. Associating with the wrong team or ignorant groups would only increase stress, pointless drama and problems.
2. Allah the Most Merciful may not want them (if they are similarly Muslims) to lose the rewards of their righteous deeds through frequently envying you and / or He Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala is protecting you from witnessing their absurd attempts to make you feel as "envious" (and insecure) as they are. 
3. Allah the All-Knowing can foresee what sort of futile discussions or arguments you could get into if you chatted with them for longer periods than what is necessary (especially if the topics discussed involve politics, one's past, personality, dreams, current news, marriage, beliefs etc.). By making it seem impossible for you to become "close friends", Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala Who wants you to succeed in this world and the next may keep you apart to ensure the safety of your faith Imaan through maintaining your discretion and mystery. 
4. There are a lot more disadvantages and setbacks than benefits in befriending those people whose values, goals and interests could act as obvious obstacles to what you're sincerely striving for in this fleeting life. For instance, if you're trying to save some money so that 
Inn-sha-Allah in the future you, with a mahram, can perform Hajj / pilgrimage, you may find yourself regularly overspending and splurging on unnecessary items and spiritually unproductive outings if you recurrently waste precious minutes hanging out with a bunch of spendthrifts. 
5. Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala sees that you still have plenty of more important tasks, assignments and responsibilities to focus on instead of attempting to aimlessly socialize with individuals whose companionship, overall speech and presence won't benefit your soul at all. 

If you were entrusted to take care of an aquarium and had three fish tanks, you would do what you can to separate the goldfishes from the catfish and piranhas to prevent chaos, just as you wouldn't allow a stallion to mingle naively with starving wolves and pesky mosquitoes. 

So Alhamdulillah, thank Allah the Almighty for every moment when He Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala distanced us from those souls whom He Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala observes are a detriment for us.
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📖 Suhayb RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Amazing is the affair of the believer, as there is good for him in every matter. This is not the case for anyone but for the (true and sincere) believer. If he goes through ease (or happy moments), he thanks Allah (The Almighty) and it is good for him. If he goes through difficulty, he shows patience (for Allah's sake) and it is good for him."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2999
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim 
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The strong believer is more beloved to Allah (The Almighty) than the weak believer, but there is goodness in both of them. Be eager for what benefits you, seek help from Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala), and do not be frustrated. If something befalls you, then do not say: 'If only I had done something else.' Rather say: "Allah (The Most Wise) has decreed what He (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) Wills." Verily, the phrase ‘if only’ opens the way for the work of shaytan."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2664
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim