“But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been…” Chapter 2 Al Baqarah, verse 36.
This verse reminds muslims that the Devil is the devout enemy of people and he will stop at nothing to prevent them from obtaining peace in this world and Paradise in the hereafter. He achieves this by inspiring people to disobey Allah, the Exalted. In fact, muslims should understand that whoever acts against a person like this meaning, invites them towards the disobedience of Allah, the Exalted, they are their enemy even if they are a relative or seen as a friend. The only true companion is the one who invites others towards the obedience of Allah, the Exalted, in both worldly and religious matters. This involves fulfilling the commands of Allah, the Exalted, refraining from His prohibitions and facing destiny with patience. It is therefore vital for muslims to assess their companions so that they avoid these enemies and ultimately the anger of Allah, the Exalted. This is supported by a Hadith found in Sunan Abu Dawud, number 4829. It advises that a person is affected by their companions either positively or negatively. Chapter 43 Az Zukhruf, verse 67:
“Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous.”
A Hadith found in Sahih Bukhari, number 3294, advises that whichever path the second rightly guided Caliph of Islam, Umar Bin Khataab, may Allah be pleased with him, took the Devil would take a different path, meaning, out of fear of him. One of the reasons why the Devil acted in this way was because he had little influence over Umar Bin Khataab, may Allah be pleased with him. The Devil cannot physically force someone to commit sins. He instead encourages them to do so through whisperings. But in order for them to be effective he requires a person to possess some sort of worldly desire. Then through his whisperings he encourages the growth of this worldly desire until it drives the person to act on it thereby committing a sin. The reason the Devil had little effect on Umar Bin Khataab, may Allah be pleased with him, was because he had removed worldly desires from his heart. His only desires were connected to pleasing Allah, the Exalted. Therefore, if muslims desire to minimise the effect the Devil has on them they should remove unnecessary desires from their heart. This only occurs when one refrains from indulging in the excess and unnecessary aspects of this material world. The more they do this the more these worldly desires will leave their heart until they reach a point where they only desire to please Allah, the Exalted, in all their actions. The Devil will flee from this person as he knows he will have little effect on them. But the more one indulges in the unnecessary aspects of this material world the more worldly desires they will possess and therefore, the more influence the Devil will have over them.
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