18 MAY 2018 · A series of highly beneficial short lectures delivered at Masjid al-Furqan, Stoke, after the night prayer during Ramadhān 1439H/2018. Lectures by Ustaadh Rayaan Barker.
In this lecture Ustaadh continues the series of lectures on The Principles in the Purification of the Soul.
The 5th principle is choosing the right people that you sit with, that you take as companions. Those people that you are attracted to to be in their company, your inner circle of friends.
"And keep yourself (O Muhammad Sallalaahu 'alaihi wa salam) patiently with those who call on their Lord (i.e. your companions who remember their Lord with glorification, praising in prayers, etc., and other righteous deeds, etc.) morning and afternoon, seeking His Face, and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has been lost." - Surah Al-Kahf [18:28] - Al-Qur'aan