Advice on Friends!

A real friend wishes his companions well,

He's not one who allows them to get close to hell,

Always be careful of the friends you Choose,

So, in the end, Jannah you will not lose,

If you find your companion is not stopping your wrong,

then, be weary, his friendship is not strong.

If you see the pattern made,

that when you are under your friend's shade,

Your Imaan begins to fade,

Leave the worthless creation,

make friends with Allah, Surely that is a high station!.

A dervish who had knowledge of our present situation,

Once told his students the following dictation,

"The meeting of people will never enrich you,

save with the gibberish of useless gossip.

So diminish your meeting with people,

except for knowledge or to improve your condition"

www.islamicedfoundation.com