Shaykh ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān
b. Nāṣir Al-Saʿdī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Every person must have companions and partners whom he
meets and spends much of his time with, so take advantage of being with those
who are good, through whose company you will never cease to either learn some knowledge, or get advice from
which you benefit , or be involved in what draws a person closer to Allāh. At the very least, you will
be safe from wrong speech and action and their consequences. At the same time,
you will be safe from them ever mocking or deriding you, whether in your
presence or behind your back. All this, and you will obtain that great
advantage: the desire in your heart for good will grow, and the temptation for bad will weaken or disappear, for ‘a person
is on the dīn of his close friends, so let everyone examine who he befriends.’
You will also obtain the praise of the people, and a good reputation , because
people judge people by their partners. So a man can rightfully be proud of
accompanying good people. And beware of accompanying bad people, for they have
the opposite effect of what we mentioned.
The good companion, then, is like the carrier of musk,
either he will give you some perfume, or you will smell a pleasant scent from
him; but the bad companion is like the blower of bellows: he will either
burn you or you will smell a bad smell
from him.
And Allāh knows best.
Al-Saʿdī, ʿAbd
Al-Raḥmān b. Nāṣir. Nūr Al-Baṣāʾir. Pp74, 75
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