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This view is further reinforced by Ladd et al (1996)
findings that those children who had negative friendship
features were found to display a greater degree of
disruptive behaviors in the school and were less likely to
engage in classroom activities.

The Importance of Good Friends in Islam
Islam places a great deal of importance on the issues of
sociability, peace, mutual respect and fair treatment of
others (Laliwala, 2005).
The Holy Quran in Surah Hujrat states that, “And of
two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace
between them…make peace between them justly and act
equitably. Lo! Allah Loveth the equitable”
This amongst other Quranic references clearly indicates
the tremendous importance Allah has placed on
maintaining peace, equity and justice on His lands and one
of the most effective and direct ways of achieving this is
via friendships. If people have the characteristics of
friends mentioned above, the likelihood of conflicts will
be reduced which then essentially make Allah happy.
Thus Muslims need to be good friends as it is one of the
ways to please The Creator.
It is critical to note here that friends in a person’s do
not necessarily signify Allah’s pleasure. For example a
group of criminals are also essentially friends who trust
and help each other to create “fassaad” or nuisance on
Allah’s land. Such are friends from which both the Quran
and the Prophet have warned the Muslim ummah and the
world in general against.