{"id":22138,"date":"2019-01-27T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22138"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:47:08","slug":"the-friendship-that-was-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/the-friendship-that-was-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"A discontinued friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22138\" class=\"elementor elementor-22138 elementor-2004\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13b88a04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13b88a04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b4bdcd\" data-id=\"6b4bdcd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6c1a1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e6c1a1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No one anticipated that one day their friendship might break, and the two friends, who were usually together, separate. People knew one of them as the friend of the other, rather than knowing him by his own name. Usually when they wanted to name him, his own name was not mentioned, and they called him \u201c<strong>the friend of Imam Sadigh\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(PBUH)<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p><p>One day they were together and they entered the shoemakers\u2019 market. His black servant was with him too, and was walking behind them. In the middle of the market the friend of Imam Sadiq\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0turned around, but did not see the servant. After taking a few steps, he once again turned around, but didn\u2019t see the servant. For the third time he turned around; the servant was amused with the market and was not there.<\/p><p>For the fourth time, he turned around and saw him; he then swore at his mother angrily, and asked: \u201cwhere have you been?\u201d<\/p><p>After hearing this word, Imam Sadigh\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0hit his forehead out of surprise, and said: \u201cSubhan Allah! Did you swear at his mother? Do you accuse his mother of wrong actions? So far, I thought that you are a pious person. Now it is evident that there is no\u00a0<strong>piety<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>apprehension<\/strong>\u00a0in you.\u201d<\/p><p>The man said hurriedly: \u201cO son of the Prophet of God! This servant and his mother are both from the city of Sindh. You know that the people from Sindh are not Muslims. His mother was not a Muslim either.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Imam Sadigh\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0said: \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter whether his mother had been a Muslim or not. Every tribe has a tradition and law for marriage. If they observe their tradition and law their children would be legitimate.\u201d<\/p><p>After saying this, Imam\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0said: \u201c<strong>Now, leave me\u2026<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><p>After this event, no one saw him with Imam\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0anymore; until death separated them.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p><p>But why really did Imam Sadigh\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0ended his friendship with this man? The answer can be found in one of the sayings of Imam\u00a0(PBUH):<\/p><p>\u201cOne of the definite signs of the partaker of the Satan is\u00a0<strong>using of bad languag<\/strong>e and not caring what one\u00a0<strong>says<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>hears<\/strong>.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p><p>Therefore the person who uses bad language has accepted the friendship of the Satan, and friendship with this person is not suitable for a faithful person.<\/p><p>Let us be careful not become the friend of Satan\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0(The above is a selection taken from \u201c<em>The Narrative of Veracious<\/em>\u201d, by the Martyr Scholar Murtada\u00a0Mutahhari\u00a0(with some additions))<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<strong><u>Footnote:<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Usul al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 324 \u2013 Wasa&#8217;il al-Shia, vol. 2, p. 477<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Usul al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 323<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imam Sadiq (PBUH) ended his friendship with a close companion after he insulted his servant\u2019s mother, showing disrespect and bad language. 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