Imaam as-Sa’dee (رحمه الله) said:
Certainly, a person will have companions and
contemporaries with whom he associates, and with whom he spends a lot of his
time. Therefore, seize the opportunity in accompanying the best of the people
in whose company there is not an absence of knowledge to be learnt, an advice
to be benefitted from or pre-occupation with that which draws one closer to Allaah. The least (acquired in their company) is that you
will be safeguarded from being held responsible in speech and action; alongside
being safeguarded from being ridiculed, slandered and backbitten whether you
are present or absent. There is also that great benefit of your heart’s desire
for good being increased and cultivated, and the urge towards evil is either weakened or made to vanish.
Indeed,
a man is upon the religion of his companion, so look to
the one you take as a close friend. And regardless of
what you many receive of praise and respect from the people, they judge the
people by their associates. Therefore, it is befitting that a person takes pride in accompanying the best
of the people and beware of the evil ones. A righteous
companion is like a seller of musk; he either gives you some or you get a good
smell from him. And the evil companion is like the blower of the bellows, he
either burns you or you receive a bad smell from him.
And Allaah knows best!!
{'Noorul
Basaa-ir Wal-Albaab Fee Ahkaamil Ibaadaat Wal-Mu-aamalaat Wal-Huqooq Wal-Aadaab'
(pg. 66)}
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