In today’s materialistic world to find a true friend is very difficult, but in Islam there are certain guidelines which show us the way as to how to find a true friend. We should choose that friend who believes in Islam wholeheartedly, and who believes Islam as a complete way of life.
Good friends are always available whether one is happy or sad, you will always cherish a good friend. A true friend is always full of good qualities he is firm on deen (Islam) and has good intellect and his character is always adorable.
It is worthy to note that a person is known by the company he keeps. “The example of a good companion and a bad companion is like that of the seller of musk, and the one who blows the blacksmith’s bellows. So as for the seller of musk then either he will grant you some, or you buy some from him, or at least you enjoy a pleasant smell from him.
As for the one who blows the blacksmith’s bellows then either he will burn your clothes or you will get an offensive smell from him,” A good companion to a seller of musk and spoke of the virtue of having companions who are good, who have noble manners, piety, knowledge and good culture.
Such are those who grant us from their virtue. We must forbade ourselves to sit with those who do evil, commit a lot of sins and other bad deeds, as well as with innovators, backbiters, and so forth. We should always befriend righteous and virtuous person, who will always remind us of hereafter. We should always read to help a friend whether it is material or moral care.
We should always be ready to forgive a friend. A true friend is who hide the faults and gives advice in private not in public in order to maintain respect of his friend.
A good friend will always repel evil with good and this will turn enemy into your best friend. It is wise to choose moderation in dealing with friends, love your friend moderately. Loving excessively is not acceptable also. “When you cherish someone you should cherish him moderately for he may be your enemy someday, and when you hate someone you should hate him moderately for he may be your friend someday.”
One of beautiful quality of true friend is that of material care. The true friend is only he who regards his friend in three situations: ordeal, absence, and death. Always seek friends who are seeking paradise in the hereafter. A friend in deen is a friend indeed.
I will end this write-up with this dua that Oh God give us righteous friends always.
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