The end of a false friendship

: A journey from mother's tears to the soil of the grave*

A call came from the police station at 3 am. "Haji Sahib, your son. A body has been found in the canal".

This call goes to thousands of homes every year. And in 90% of cases, the story is the same: "Wrong friend".

*The story starts from "denial" to "confession"*

Ali was the topper of the class. His father was a mason, his mother washed dishes in people's homes. Both had the same prayer: "May the son become an officer". When Ali topped in the first year, his father took a loan and bought a motorcycle.

In college, he became friends with Waqas. Waqas was the spoiled son of a rich father. He always had new clothes, a new iPhone, a wad of notes in his pocket. Ali felt "this is success".

One day after the holiday, Waqas said: "My friend, I am tense, let's smoke a cigarette. It will refresh my mind".

Ali: "No, my father beats me".

Waqas laughed: "Who will tell father? Become a man. Just try once."

*"Just once" — these 6 letters are the door to the grave.*

Ali smoked a cigarette. Nothing happened. The next day he smoked again. On the third day, Waqas smoked a hashish cigarette. "This one gives real peace."

After 6 months, Ali had become a "topper" from a topper. His eyes were red, his body was shaking, he had a habit of lying. His mother asked, "Son, do you have a fever?" He said, "Yes, I study at night, right?"

He sold his father's motorcycle for 40,000. He said, "It fell, it broke." His father said nothing, kept quiet and resumed his work as a mechanic.

*3 signs of a wrong friend — which Ali ignored:*

1. *He takes you away from your principles:* "Leave prayers, my friend, enjoy yourself."

2. *He pushes you away from your family:* "Your father is bothering you, stay with us."

3. *He emphasizes "the first time":* Drugs, theft, adultery — all start with "just once."

A year later, Waqas introduced "ice." Shisha. "After taking this, you will fly in the air, brother." Price: 5,000 rupees per padya.

Ali had no money. Waqas said, "Steal from the house. I did it too. Nothing happens." Ali sold his mother's earrings. The earrings that his mother had worn on her wedding and had kept for 25 years "for her son's bride."

*The beginning of the end.*

The next year, Ali weighed 40 kg. He dropped out of college. Waqas ended the friendship. "Dude, you're a drug addict. I don't have any status anymore."

The hand that used to hold the cigarette pushed him away.

Ali now started stealing. He was known as "Nashi Ali" in the neighborhood. The children would run away when they saw him. The father would hear people's taunts: "Haji, your engineer turned out to be a charsi".

On Eid night, Ali came home, his mother put out bread. He threw the plate: "Give me money, I have to bring the padiya". The mother interceded for him with the Quran. Ali pushed his mother. The mother fell down. Her head cracked.

That night, his father raised his hand on Ali for the first time. And then he cried all night.

*Last night*

After 2 months, Ali did not get the padiya. His body was breaking down. He called Waqas. Waqas had blocked the number. Ali was on the bridge of the canal. There were other addicts sitting there. One said, "Take more, the job will be done in one go".

Ali collected 3 pads. He injected them.

In the morning, the fishermen found the body in the canal. Only one thing came out of his pocket: the mark sheet of his matriculation examination. 950 marks. First position.

*Two people did not come to the funeral: Waqas, and Ali's future.*

The mother was sitting on the grave looking for earrings. "They were for my son's bride." The father looked at the soil of the grave and said: "I wish I had been buried in this soil."

*Lesson: The price of a wrong friend*

1. *He ruins your "today", not your "tomorrow".* The pleasure of a cigarette is 5 minutes, the punishment of the grave is 500 years.

2. *A wrong friend always gives poison in "free".* The first one is free, the second is borrowed, and the third is your mother's earrings.

3. *When you fall, he will be the first to run away.* Waqas is in Dubai today. Ali was in the canal.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A man is on the religion of his friend". If the friend is a worshipper, you will also go to the mosque. If the friend is intoxicated, you will also go to the canal.

*Last thing:*

Ask your son today: "Son, who is your best friend?" If your heart trembles upon hearing that name, then understand that now is the time. Hold your son close to your chest, not your friend.

Because if you get a call from the police station, then only regret remains, not your son.

*Note: These characters are fictional, but this scourge of our society is real. The purpose is only to teach a lesson.