المرء مع من احب
A person will be with
whom he loves.
(Sahih Bukhari 3435, Sahih Muslim 2639 Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon)
according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Mulla Ali Qari (RH) states that
the most common understanding for this hadith is that when a man loves those
who are good and pious he will be raised with them on the day of resurrection,
and if he loves those who are evil and corrupt he will be raised with these
people on the day of resurrection.
This can be
further seen in the hadith:
المرء على دين خليله
A person is upon the religion of his friend. (Tirmidhi)
It is narrated in Bukhari, on the authority of a large number of sahaba’s
that a man came up to the Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam) and
asked
“What do you
say of a man who loves a certain group of people but cannot be of them?”
To this Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam) replied;
“A person
will be with whom he loves”
By a certain
group here the man meant those who were learned and pious that he loved these
people but did not have the means to be amongst them.
Anas (RA) mentions in relation to this hadith;
“There was
nothing which made us (sahaba’s) happier in this world than to hear this”
(Muslim)
As they
loved Muhammad (saw) greatly, this hadith indicated that they would be with him
the hereafter.
Some
scholars have stated that this is a glad tiding of a good death for those who
love the pious as they will be raised amongst them on the day of resurrection.
May Allah
make us from those who are resurrected with the pious on the day of reckoning.
Ameen.
