HUDA

How do we choose our friends?
Friendship are in different types. According to Islam, we must choose the friend that would benefit us, the one that would constantly help us to achieve piety, remember Allah, the one that wants you to enter Paradise with him/her. Nowadays, what I see, most people take friendship for other reasons like "for having fun," rather than for the interest in you. Good friends are those who share both happiness and sadness. Good friends are always the ones that are there for you when you are in trouble. If we share our feelings with the wrong companion, totally opposite from you, they may influence you in a bad way, you may end up being just like them, corrupted. This is why we must beware what friend we take.
Prophet Muhammad (saw) has said, "The believer is like a mirror to other believers (in truthfulness)." Like a mirror, your friend gives you an honest image. He forgives your mistakes, but does not hide or exaggerate your strengths and weaknesses.
Once Prophet Muhammad (saw) was asked, "What person can be the best friend?" "He who helps you remember Allah (SWT), and reminds you when you forget Him," the Prophet Muhammad (saw), counseled.
Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "A friend cannot be considered a friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need, behind your back and after your death."

"O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice] : Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you (have need to) ask, ask of Allah; and if you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that even if the Nation (or the whole community) were to gather together to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with something, they would not be able to harm you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried."

"ceux qui évitent les plus grands péchés ainsi que les turpitudes et [qui ne commettent] que des fautes légères. Certes, le pardon de Ton Seigneur est immense. C’est Lui qui vous connaît le mieux quand Il vous a produits de terre, et aussi quand vous étiez des embryons dans les ventres de vos mères. Ne vantez pas vous- mêmes votre pureté; c’est Lui qui connaît mieux ceux qui [Le] craignent."