Next in the overall treatment for the heart is the importance of keeping
the company of good people, which is Allah's command: O You who
believe, fear Allah and be among the truthful ones(Quran, 9:119). It is
astonishing how people can influence others simply by being in each
other's company. The company one keeps has major effects. It may lead to
either benefit and improvement or harm and corruption,
depending on whether the company is that of pure and eminent people or
those who are immoral and evil. This effect does not appear suddenly,...
