The Influence of Companionship
It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
There is nothing that corrupts a person or rectifies him more than [his] companion. Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā article 504.
Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā article 504.
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