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The saint Jun-num Misir said: Don't keep company with God without obeying His commands. Don't keep company with the people without advice to one another. Don't keep company with your passion without differing from it. Don't keep company with the devil without being his enemy. Hazrat Omar said : If a man holds out the faults of his brother before him, God will show kindness to him. For this reason, Hazrat Omar said to Hazrat Salman : What are the actions of mine which appear disliking to you ? Hazrat Salman said : Pardon me for this. When he pressed Salman, he said : I heard that you have got two shirts, one of which you wear during day time and another at nighttime. I heard also that two kinds of curries are served before you at the same time. Hazrat Omar said : Neither of these two matters is true. Have you heard any other thing? Hazrat Salman said: No.
Huzafia wrote to Hazrat Eusof-b-Asbat : I heard that you sold your religion in lieu of two pices. You said to the milk-seller .
What is its price ? He said : Six pices. You pressed for lesser price.
The milk seller said : Let it be so. The man was cognisant of your God fear and hence he sold the milk at reduced price to you Uncover your head from the screen of passion and give up the urge of passion.

(5) To forgive the faults of friends: If your friend commits sin and continues therein, advise him with sweet words. If he turns back, it is better. If he does not turn back, connection should be cut off according to Hazrat Abu Zarr. According to Abn Darda'a connection with him should not be cut off, as he will walk once in a straight path and another time in a crooked way.
Hazart Ibrahim Nakyi said : Don't cut off connection with your friend and don't leave him at the time or his commission of sin as he may commit a sin to-day and give it up on the following day.
There is in Hadis : Fear the slip of a learned man don't boycott him «nd hope for his return.

110 The Book of Wordly Usages Vol-II

One friend of HazratOmar went to Syria and stayed therefor long. Hazrat Omar took this news from a certain man of Syria.
He said : He has becomes the brother of the devil and he has .begun to drink wine. Hazrat Omar wrote to him a letter saying :
%i the name of the Most Compassionate, the Merciful (40 : 1Q).
He rebuked him in this letter. When he read it, he wept and said :
God said the truth Omar advised me. He then repented and turned back.

It has been narrated that one of two friends fell in love with woman and informed it to his friends. He said : If you wish, you may cut off friendship with me. His friend said : shall I lose a friend for his one sin ? Then he promised that he would fast till his friend came out of his love for the women. He fasted for forty days, as a result of which his friend's love for the woman went away from his heart. Then he took his meal and drink.