بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
A
person can never be safe when he accompanies the innovators, or the deviants,
or the callers of misguidance. He will – directly or indirectly – be affected
by their misguidance. It is like accompanying a blacksmith at his shop. Even if
you are safe from the sparks from the furnace, the smoke from the furnace and
the unpleasant smell coming thereof and that of the blacksmith will definitely
get to you.
Narrated
Abu Moosaa رضي
الله عنه: Allaah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “The example of a good companion (who sits with you) in
comparison with a bad one, is like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith's
bellows (or furnace); from the first you would either buy musk or enjoy its
good smell while the bellows would either burn you or your clothes, or you get
a bad nasty smell thereof.”
[Saheeh
al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim]
Shaikh Ibn Baaz رحمه الله said:
“In this Hadeeth, there is encouragement to
sit in the company of the good and the righteous people; and there is warning
against sitting in the company of the bad (people) and the callers of
misguidance.”
[Ta`leeqaat
of Shaikh Ibn Baaz on Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2/207)]
Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
“(The similitude of) the bad companion is
like the one who blows in the bellows. He will either burn your clothes,
because when the sparks fly it will burn your clothes; or you will smell from
him an unpleasant smell. So beware of sitting in the company of the bad people,
you will never be safe.”
[Sharh
Saheeh Muslim by Shaikh Ibn al-Uthaymeen (7/471)]
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We
find in the Qur’aan and the Ahaadeeth many more instructions to look at whom we
are accompanying. As Allaah تعالى says:
{O you who believe! Be afraid of Allaah,
and be with those who are true (in words and deeds)} [Surah
al-Tawbah (9): 119]
And
also:
{And (remember) the Day when the Dhaalim
(wrong-doer) will bite at his hands, he will say: “Oh! Would that I had taken a
path with the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)! Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a
friend! He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur’aan) after it had
come to me.} [Surah
al-Furqaan (25): 27-29]
Narrated
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “A man follows the religion of his friend; so each one
should consider whom he makes his friend.”
[Sunan
Abu Dawood (4833) and Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2378) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
Narrated
`Alee رضي الله عنه: We have nothing except the Book of Allaah
and this written paper from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم (wherein is written): “Madeenah is a sanctuary, and whoever innovates in it an
heresy, or gives shelter to such an innovator in it will incur the curse of
Allaah, the angels, and all the people, none of his compulsory or optional good
deeds of worship will be accepted.”
[Saheeh
al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim]
When
Sufyaan al-Thawree رحمه الله entered al-Basrah, so he was looking
into the affair of al-Rabee` bin Subaih and his status with the people. So he (Sufyaan)
inquired: “What is his Madhhab?” They
said: “He (al-Rabee`) has no Madhhab except the Sunnah.” He said: “Who are his friends?” They said: “The people
of Qadr [the Qadariyyah, the evil sect which denies the belief in Qadr].” He
said: “(Then) he is qadaree!”
[al-Ibaanah
al-Kubraa of Ibn Battah (421/2/452)]
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