From the Quran

وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلٗا

And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, “Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلٗا
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.

لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِيۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولٗا
He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter.”

Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 27 – 29

Hadith: Arabic Text followed by English Translation.

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دِينِ خَلِيلِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْ يُخَالِلُ ‏”

‏ ‏‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ. و حسنه الألباني في صحيح الترمذي

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:

“A man is upon the religion of his friend, so let one of you look at whom he befriends.”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2378. At-Tirmidhi said, “This hadith is Hasan Gharib”. Classed as Hasan by Albani in Saheeh Tirmidhi.

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