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Life_Is_Short
If you feel something is not right (Islamically or otherwise), you should speak your mind and set things straight with your friends. Allah the Most High said: Let there be among you a community who enjoin good and forbid evil; it is they that shall be successful, [3:104]
Tell them "I fear Allah and you should too otherwise we're over".
It is better then being fake and being pushed into doing haraam just to keep ones friendship. Plus, if they can't accept you for who you are then they're not your real friends. You're better off having no friends at all.
Well, I don't know if it was by accident or not, but you did figure out it's me.
But here's the thing. These were my best friends, sadly enough. I mean, the previous two or three times we went out, they resisted from the Hookah Bar because I was there. But I suppose as they gradually came to know me, they became a little too comfortable.
They were even considering going to the movie theatre. I'm not saying it's right or wrong to go to one, it's not like I don't watch YouTube excessively, but certain areas Huffaadh are not meant to be. It gives off a wrong impression, if you know what I mean.
I'm just so confused. You can't seem to trust anyone nowadays. It's so pitiful, the state of the Ummah today. I myself am no exception. I have many faults of my own, believe it or not. And we all make mistakes, as I've exemplified through the many times I crashed IslamicBoard singlehandedly. And of course, there were the times it was zAk's fault but I took the blame, but that's a story for another day.
I find my closest friends to be through the Internet, because you're forced to leave a distance. But you have to have some human interaction. You naturally need someone to talk to face to face. I don't seem to have that where I live. And in addition, I have a small family. Ever since my only sibling went to university, I'm left with my mom and dad. Which is excellent, Alhamdulillah, very grateful for that.
okay, I don't know where I'm headed with this. But hopefully you get the point?