THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yawm Ath-thalaatha. 17th day of Sha’abaan, 1445AH (Tuesday, 27th February 2024). FRIENDSHIP AND INFLUENCES. BismilLaah

ALLAH the Exalted says in the Qur’an: “And (remember) the Day when the wrong-doer will bite his hands and say: Woe to me! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger. Woe to me! If only I had not taken so-so-and-so as a friend! He has led me astray from this Reminder (the Qur’an) after it had come to me. Satan is ever a deserter to man in the hour of need.” Qur’an 25:27-29.

So take heed before the inevitable Day comes when we are called to account for our actions.

ALLAH, the All-Wise also says: “Friends on that Day will be enemies to one another, except al-Muttaqoon (i.e. those who have Taqwa).” Qur’an 43:67. 

The benefit of mixing with the righteous is immense, and it will, in shaa ALLAH, be even more obvious to us in the Hereafter. One of the early Muslims said that it is from ALLAH'S ’s blessings upon a youth when he turns to worship that he is given a brother who is a follower of the Sunnah encouraging him upon it. AlhamdulilLah. Please edit your friendship and make good friends. Ensure your best friends include the learned muslims. Please remember my family, especially my father in your dua, as he is still in stable condition from his brain stroke. May ALLAH grant him shifaa. Aameen. 

May ALLAH keeps guiding us all and be pleased with us. Aameen.