{"id":2152,"date":"2014-02-24T22:27:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T02:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2014-02-24T22:27:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T02:27:44","slug":"features-good-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/?p=2152","title":{"rendered":"Features of a good companion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Features of a good companion<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/images-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2153 alignright\" alt=\"images (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/images-21.jpg\" width=\"278\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/b><br \/>\nIf the company of your Sheikh is not possible then the alternative is a pious companion, combine this with the remembrances of Allah (thikr) and studying aphorisms (malfoozaat of pious Scholars).<br \/>\nAlthough many people appear religious, the pious servants of Allah have certain features which testify to their sincerity.<br \/>\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 When you associate with such a person instinctively your attention turns towards Allah, His Rasool \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648 \u0633\u0644\u0645 and Deen. Without even speaking, his demeanor reminds you of the personality of Allah and thoughts of repentance and good deeds arise.<br \/>\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 He possesses necessary knowledge of Deen and has received spiritual training under the supervision of an authentic Sheikh.<br \/>\n(3)\u00a0\u00a0 He practices upon the Shariah and does not openly violate it.<br \/>\n(4)\u00a0\u00a0 He is adamant on following the Sunnah of the Prophet \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648 \u0633\u0644\u0645 .<br \/>\n(5)\u00a0\u00a0 He is merciful upon associates yet stern upon principles, he harbors no personal gain or is avaricious of wealth in return.<br \/>\n(6)\u00a0\u00a0 After associating with such a person for a while one finds an aversion and dislike for those bad habits and deeds which may have been committed for years, they begin to disappear without much effort, especially the habit of lustful gazing and backbiting. Greater the confidence upon the pious, greater the benefits.<br \/>\n(7)\u00a0\u00a0 Peace, contentment and tranquility (sakeenah) descends from Allah upon your heart when associating with a pious person.<br \/>\n(8)\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes, when the compassionate gaze, attention and heartfelt dua of a pious scholar falls upon one, many mental, spiritual, emotional and physical issues afflicting a person either vanish immediately or become bearable through the Grace of Allah. The heart, soul and mind are strengthened. (Tranquil eye pg. 98)<br \/>\nWe need to examine our company and see if these are their features. If so hold on to them. If not, we need to make changes in our lives for the benefit of our Aakhirah.<br \/>\nMay Allah grant us pious, righteous company all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Features of a good companion If the company of your Sheikh is not possible then the alternative is a pious companion, combine this with the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,57,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-motivators","category-tazkiyah","wpcat-33-id","wpcat-57-id","wpcat-24-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiqhulislam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}