Friendship and Company
- How should a woman act when she is pulled in different directions by advocates of good, media, education, bad friends, family, and the general atmosphere surrounding her?
- Is what I am doing now an act of disobedience to God and a cause of His wrath, and what is the method of repentance and dealing with this situation?
- Is playing with friends who use foul language and joke around with insults and curses considered a "gathering of evil for devils," and should one abandon it despite the scarcity of remaining friends and the fear of being perceived as an extremist, and how can one find a middle ground in this matter?
- How can one atone for this sin?
- Is it possible to deal with these feelings that go beyond friendship and reach the desire for sexual practice with a friend, which the questioner describes as sexual perversion, while preserving the relationship between the two friends?
- How should I act after having been exploited in a deviant relationship that caused me psychological and social harm, and led me to abandon my studies and family, and now that I have begun to return to Allah, my ex-friend who caused me this has returned, but this time he is inviting me to return to my family, so should I return to him and rekindle our friendship, or should I leave him as he is?
- Is what the mother mentioned true, regarding acquiring sins similar to those of an unveiled friend who wears tight clothing when going out with her, and what is the way to deal with this friendship?
- Is it permissible to accept an expensive gift (a tablet device) from an individual who works for company (A), which is contracted with company (B), which in turn is contracted with my company, knowing that our current relationship is indirect, but I had previously chosen his company as one of the best executors? And is this gift considered an expression of gratitude for my choice or an expression of friendship?