The Virtue of Keeping the Company of the Righteous
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Question:
This questioner is from Khamis Mushait and has used the initials (A. B. C) for his name. He says: Your Eminence! What is the virtue of keeping the company of the righteous? And does a person receive reward for that, even if he does not have religious knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, it is prescribed for the believer to seek out the good people and keep their company: the people of knowledge, the people of religion and faith who have none of the apparent sins, the well-known people of good. It is recommended to pay attention to keeping their company so that one benefits from them, so that one emulates them in good, and so that one stays away from the people of evil.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 33:79 And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning: he gives you Sahih Muslim 2628.
So the believer seeks out the good people and keeps their company, and the believing woman likewise seeks out the good women, and among her companions are good women. This is how the believer and the believing woman are: each seeks out the good people; the believer seeks out the good men, and the believing woman seeks out the good women, so that each one benefits from his or her good companions.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
This questioner is from Khamis Mushait and has used the initials (A. B. C) for his name. He says: Your Eminence! What is the virtue of keeping the company of the righteous? And does a person receive reward for that, even if he does not have religious knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, it is prescribed for the believer to seek out the good people and keep their company: the people of knowledge, the people of religion and faith who have none of the apparent sins, the well-known people of good. It is recommended to pay attention to keeping their company so that one benefits from them, so that one emulates them in good, and so that one stays away from the people of evil.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A person is upon the religion of his close friend, so let one of you look at whom he associates with.
المرء على دين خليله، فلينظر أحدكم من يخاللThe example of the good companion is like the carrier of musk: either he gives you
مثل الجليس الصالح كحامل المسك: إما أن يحذيكor you would buy it from him or you would. smell its pleasant odour, and so far as one who blows the. bellows is concerned, he would either burn your clothes or you shall have to smell its repugnant smell.
وإما أن تبتاع منه، وإما أن تجد منه ريحًا طيبة، ومثل الجليس السوء كنافخ الكير: إما أن يحرق ثيابك، وإما أن تجد منه ريحًا خبيثةSo the believer seeks out the good people and keeps their company, and the believing woman likewise seeks out the good women, and among her companions are good women. This is how the believer and the believing woman are: each seeks out the good people; the believer seeks out the good men, and the believing woman seeks out the good women, so that each one benefits from his or her good companions.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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