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Will I be right to ask my husband to keep away from bad friends who do not establish any of Islam’s major pillars? They do not pray, and they commit illegal sexual intercourse and drink alcohol. What is the best way to ask him to do so? In fact, the reason that he gives for being with them is that he will not fall into mistakes even when he is among them and that Islam does not forbid this.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
You will not only be right if you advise your husband to keep away from bad companions, but doing that is one of your duties towards him. Indeed, socializing with bad friends is of great risk, and one may not perceive its bad consequences till it throws him into unimagined destructive drawbacks. How many a bad friend drew his companion, who was known for his adherence to Islamic teachings and uprightness, into the pitfalls of apostasy. The stories in this respect are many, infamous and dreadful, beginning with committing immoralities and ending with addiction to narcotics and falling prey to AIDS. For this reason, the sharia encourages the Muslims to accompany righteous good men and warns of accompanying the wicked and evil ones. Allah, the Almighty, says (what means):
· {And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.} [Quran 18:28]
· {Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous.} [Quran 43:67]
In an authentic hadith, the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: "The example of a good pious companion in comparison with a bad one is like that of the musk seller and the bellow blower. A musk seller will either give you some musk as a gift, or you will buy musk from him or, at least, enjoy its good smell. Meanwhile, the bellow blower will either burn your clothes or you will get a bad smell from him." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
It is due on this husband to keep away from those friends, who are more infectious than mange, and to not be deceived by his self-confidence.
Allah knows best.
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