It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī [رحمه الله] said:

It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī [رحمه الله] said:

"There is nothing that corrupts a person or rectifies him more than [his] companion."

[Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā Article 504 | Translated By Owais Al-Hāshimī]

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Mixing With People Of Good Character...⬇

It is reported that Al-Fuḍayl b. ʿAyyāḍ – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

Do not mix except with those who have good character; for the one who has good character brings nothing but good, whilst the one who has bad character brings nothing but evil.

[Al-Bayhaqī, Shuʿab Al-Īmān, #87044]

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Imaam As-Sa'dee (رحمه الله) said:

“Companionship with good people leads to beneficial knowledge, virtuous manners and righteous deeds, whilst companionship with bad people prevents one from all of this.”

[See Bahjatul-Abraar p. 226 (Taken from the article: 'Blessing of Allaah upon a youth and safety from misguidance: Ibn Shawdhab and Yoosuf Ibn Asbaat' - By Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid)]

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Shaykh Muqbil Bin Haadee Al-Waadi'ee (رحمه الله) said:

"I advise the righteous woman to be diligent in accompanying the righteous women, because indeed with this she will increase in Imaan, knowledge and insight."

[٢/٤٧٤ غادرة الاشرطة]

✒ Translated By Abu Anas Atif Hasan