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PREVENT YOUR SON FROM WALKING WITH EVIL ASSOCIATES AND COMPANIONS

The Salaf would say:

لَيْسَ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ مَعَ كُلِّ مَنْ شَاءَ

"It is not befitting for a person to walk with whomever he wishes."

Rather, a person should only walk with the people of uprightness, goodness, piety and Taqwā. There is no objection to this, and it is actually befitting that you say to your son; "Walk with so and so, accompany so and so, he has goodness in him, so and so has righteousness in him, so and so observes the Salāh, walk with him and safeguard your accompaniment of him." Teach him these matters while also preventing him from walking with evil associates and companions.

Book: Raising Children In Islam
By Shaykh Abdur Razzaaq bin Abdul Muhsin al-Badr
Translated by Abdullah Ali as-Somalī
P. 32, 33