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"Friends" versus True
Friends!
One youngster started coming home very late. Several days
passed in this manner. One day the father asked, Son, you come
home late every night. Where do you go? The son replied, O Father,
I have a friend. I visit him every night. We sit and talk. That is
why it gets so late. The father said, Really? Does one still find
friends in this age? I was under the impression that friends
existed in previous times. What use is a friend these days? Are
there really such friends in this age? The son replied, Yes, O
Father! He is such a friend, one who says that he will shed his
blood where my perspiration drips! The father said, Very well.
Tomorrow, when you go visit him, take me with.
The following evening the father deliberately
delayed setting off, with the result that it was past the normal
time of his visit when they reached the friends house. The front
door was locked. The son knocked, and also called out to his
friend. After having called out several times, the friend, from
inside the house, asked, Who is it? The son replied, It is I,
your friend, mentioning his name. The friend said, Oh! You have
come rather late. He came and opened the door. Before the son
could say a word, this friend of his, the one who had said that
he was prepared to shed his blood where the sons perspiration
drips, quickly spoke, I slept rather late. I'm still feeling
very drowsy. At this moment my tabiyet does not feel at all
right. I ask to be forgiven. So saying, he closed the door and
latched the chain again, and went back inside. The father spoke,
You had said that he is your friend. How has he turned out to
be? Come. Let me show you. I have a friend living nearby. I have
gone old, and so has he. I have not visited him for several
years. Come. Let us go to him. Then you can judge for yourself.
So saying, they set off again. When they reached the father's
friend's house, the father called out to his friend. Immediately
the friend replied from inside, Hang on. I'm coming! It's many
years since you have visited me!
Kindly note that the son's friend did not recognise the voice of
his nightly visitor, but the father's friend immediately
recognised who it was, even after a lapse of several years!
After a short delay the door opened, but what a spectacle the
friend presented! On his head was a dish, in his one hand he
held a bag, and in the other hand a staff (lathi). After salam
and formalities were over, the father asked his friend, pointing
to the items he was carrying What is all this? The friend
replied, I thought to myself, My friend has come, after such a
long time, at such an odd hour! He must be in some difficulty!
It is possible that he is impoverished and hungry. So this dish
contains some food. I shall feed him from this. Or, it may be
possible that somebody he owes money to, has made life difficult
for him.
So, this bag contains some money to give to him. Or, it may be
possible that some enemy is after him, and a fight is imminent.
So, this stick (laathi) will serve some use. Dear friend! I'm
somewhat old, but i'll still be able to dish out a shot or two!
The father reassured him, There is no fight, there is no debt,
and I am not famished. This here is my son. He has found himself
a friend. I have seen this friend of his. So, now I have brought
him to see my friend.
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
has actually asked to be protected from the type of friend one
comes across today. He has said,
"O Allah! I seek protection
from such a trickster friend - I am seeking protection from such
a deceitful friend - that he stares at me so fixedly with both
his eyes, and it appears that he stares at me with eyes of
tremendous love, but in his heart he is tearing me apart and
devouring me! I am seeking protection from such a cunning,
conniving friend! "
How does one know that he is such a deceitful person? Rasulullah
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) added,
"Whenever he sees anything good in me,
he buries it! Whenever he sees anything favourable, anything
good, any perfection in me, he buries it! He does not bring it
to his lips, never mind tell anybody about it. However, whenever
he sees anything bad in me, he goes around telling others about
it, he publicises it. He discloses my faults to others! 0 Allah!
I seek protection from such a friend."
In these times one will find more
friends of this type (with a few exceptions).
THERE ARE MANY FRIENDS OUT
THERE , BUT TRUE, SINCERE FRIENDS ARE INDEED VERY FEW.
Forever Friendship
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Sometimes in life,
you find a special friend…
Someone who changes your life
simply by being a part of it…
Someone who makes you laugh
until you can't stop…
Someone who makes you believe
that there really is good in the world…
Someone who convinces you that there is
an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it…
This is forever friendship
and friendship has no end…
(author- Unknown)
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of
the world walks out." |
Fi Amanillah
W'ssalaamu'alaykum w rahmatullahi w barakatuh,
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