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82. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS visit her. When they came to her she started weeping, and they said to her:. What makes you cry? Know you not that what Allah has is better for the Holy. Prophet? She answered: Indeed I know that what Allah has is better for the. Holy Prophet. I cry because revelation has stopped coming down from heaven. . This moved the two and they too began to cry with her (Muslim). 364. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A man set out to visit a brother in another town. Allah appointed an angel to safeguard him on his way. When the man approached the angel he was asked: Whither are you bent? He answered: I intend to visit a brother of mine in yonder town. The angel asked: Have you committed some valuable to him which you desire to take care of? The man answered: No. I have no desire except to visit him because I love him for the sake of Allah. The angel said to him: I am a messenger of Allah sent to you to tell you that Allah loves you as you love your brother for His sake (Muslim). 365. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person visits an invalid or a brother of his for the sake of Allah, he is called by a caller, saying: May you be happy, may your progress be blessed, and may you be awarded a pleasant abode in Paradise (Tirmidhi). 366. Abu Musa Ash'ari relates that the Holy Prophet said: The case of a righteous companion and that of an evil companion is like that of one who carries perfume and of one who blows into a furnace. The carrier of perfume might give you some as a gift, or you might buy some from him, or at least you might smell its fragrance. As for the other, he might set your clothes on fire, and at the very least you will breathe the foul air issuing from the furnace (Bokhari and Muslim). 367. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A woman is sought in marriage on account of four things: her property, her family, her beauty and her piety. Seek to win one for the sake of her piety, may your hands be covered by dust (Bokhari and Muslim). 368. Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet said to Gabriel: What stops you from visiting us oftener than you do? Whereupon was revealed the verse: We descend not save by the command of thy Lord; to Him belongs all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that is between (19-65) (Bokhari). 369. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: Keep company only with a believer, and let your food be eaten only by the righteous (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). 370. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A person is apt to follow the faith of his friend, so be careful who you make friends with (Abu. Daud and Tirmidhi). 371. Abu Musa Ash'ari relates that the Holy Prophet said: A person will be with him whom he loves (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: The. Holy Prophet was asked: What about a person who loves a people but cannot be with them? He answered: A person will be with those he loves.