beach became crowded and full of sights that can affect one's faith
negatively.
However, this group of young men preceded us to the beach and when we
reached there we found something completely unexpected. One of the
young men met us, screaming, "He is drowning!"
We inquired, "Who?" He said, "Ahmad, who joined you in the Fajr Prayer!"
We hurried to the beach with ourhearts beating fast. When we reached
the beach, we found people gathered without any trace of Ahmad! One of
those who had seen him drowning saidthat he kept fighting the waves
amidst a whirlpool. When his friends saw this, they fled to the shore
leaving him to die. When the man who had witnessed the mishap said
this, the gathered people looked scornfully at his friends.
My friends and I kept searching for a lifeguard or boat that
mightcarry us to the open sea to searchfor Ahmad. One of my friends
called a number written by the lifeguard teams on a signboard near us.
When they told him that they would take some time to reach our
location, he started shouting at them, weeping helplessly, and hung up
the phone.
All the people at the scene, including us, were very angry at the
coldness that Ahmad's friends showed at that time.
None of them even took the trouble to search for any means to save
him; they only cared about saving themselves and remaining unharmed.
The young man who was their companion, whose life they misled and
destroyed, was left to his fate as if they did not know him at all!
Twenty minutes later, one of the people said that he could see
something floating on the water.We all looked at his friends,
expecting that they would immediately go and see if this was their
friend so that they might save him. Nonetheless, they did not move a
muscle.
So, I, accompanied by two of my friends and another young man among
those who were present on the beach, entered the water which was very
deep, but Allaah The Almighty saved us. We got hold of him and he was
as stiff asa piece of wood. I was very frightened because this was the
first time I carried someone who was in such a condition.
We took him out and checked hisbreath and pulse but he was dead.
Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): #{Wherever you may be, death
will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty
construction.}## [Quran 4:78]
Now his soul is lonely and it receives the retribution of its actsjust
as his body, which remained lonely after his cowardly friends escaped,
leaving him to his destiny. They disappeared after each one of them
had packed his bags, leaving the corpse of their "friend" alone! It
was unclear where it will go! Will it go to his house so that his
mother sees him for the last time or will sadness kill her because she
did not even have the chance to bid farewell to her son?
All this happened because Ahmadmade a great mistake when he decided to
take these scoundrels as friends. They know nothing but playing,
frolicking, committing sins and satisfying their evil desires. If you
can do this, then you are their friend andclose companion and they
will bearound you all the time. However,in times of difficulty and
disasters, you will not find any of them by your side to support you.
In fact, you may even find one of them pushing you in his stead to
save himself. Hence, you will find yourself face to face withyour own
destiny alone. Then, you will remember the Aayah (Quranic Verse) in
which Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):#{And the Day the
wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish
I had taken with the Messenger a way.* Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not
taken that one as a friend. * He led me away from the remembrance
after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."}##
[Quran 25:27-29]
Ahmad's body remained covered with newspapers until the police came,
accompanied by an ambulance that took him to the morgue.
This is the story of a drowned young man and it is our turn to learn
lessons from it and to start our journey back to Allaah The Almighty.
Ahmad has passed away, but you still have a chance to join the flock
of the repentant. I would like to conclude by sending a message to
every young man whom Allaah The Almighty has provided with righteous
companions who help him adhere to the obedience of AllaahThe Almighty,
and a message to everyone who is deceived by evil friends who
beautified sins and evil desires in his eyes.
Dear young man, I truly love you for the sake of Allaah The Almighty
and I entreat Allaah TheAlmighty to make our last moments good. I call
you before the advent of death and its agonies, that sadden the young
and the old, as well as the rich and the poor…
Dear brother, always keep good company and search for companions in
blessed places likethe circles for learning the Quran and other
assemblies of knowledge.
Accompany them to enjoy the warmth of living according to theDivine
Law. Such righteous friends are a source of pride in times of ease,
and a helping handduring times of hardship.
Do not ever leave them to accompany bad friends, because they are the
source of all evils. Allaah The Exalted Says (what means): #{Close
friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the
righteous}## [Quran 43:67]
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