others to do so. It can be read, downloaded and printed from the website of Dawat-e-Islami www.dawateislami.net. 

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! If a sesame seed is kept in a rose, it will also become pink in the company of the rose. Similarly, the one, who has the company of good people, also starts copying them day by day. So the person who keeps the company of the fortunate people, who are filled with the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and devotion to the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, blessed companions and Ahl-e-Bait رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُم and follow Sunnah strictly, by virtue of whose company the passion for practice (of good deeds) increases, hatred towards sins and Fikr-e-Akhirat [pondering over Hereafter] are attained, how can he be deprived of the blessings?  Sayyiduna Maslauddin Sa’adi Sheerazi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated the importance of good company in a beautiful manner. In Gulistan-e-Sa’adi he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: The translation of it is as follows: One day, I found fragrant soil in the hand of my friend in a bathroom. I asked the soil if it was musk or ambergris because its pleasant fragrance had made me out of my senses. (Having heard this the soil said): I was inferior soil, but I had been in the company of flowers for a long period, that’s why the beauty of my companion has created this effect on me (that I have become fragrant), otherwise I am the same dust which I had been before.

Blessings of good company

Dear Islamic brothers! Have the company of righteous people as far as possible because the company of good people if even given to animals, let alone humans, they will no longer remain ordinary animal, but rather their eminence and importance increase many times. For example, the dog of Ashab-e-Kahf رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمۡ which was at first an ordinary dog, but due to its love and affection for Ashab-e-Kahf رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمۡ, it became their companion, travelling-companion and guard. By virtue of the blessing of the company of pious saints fortune smiled on it and its status and rank became so much elevated that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has mentioned it in the Holy Quran. In Ayah 18 of Surah Al-Kahf, part 15, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has stated: