رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِينَ
Riyad as-Salihin 363
The Book of Miscellany
Visiting the Pious Persons, loving them and adoption of their company
وَعَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى اَلْأَشْعَرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ وجليس السَّوْءِ، كَحَامِلِ الْمِسْكِ، وَنَافِخِ الْكِيرِ، فَحَامِلُ الْمِسْكِ، إِمَّا أَنْ يُحْذِيَكَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَبْتَاعَ مِنْهُ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْهُ رِيحًا طَيِّبَةً، وَنَافِخُ الْكِيرِ، إِمَّا أَنْ يُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَكَ ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَجِدَ منه ريحًا منتنة ((مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ)) .
Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "The similitude of good company and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one blowing the bellows. The owner of musk would either offer you some free of charge, or you would buy it from him, or you smell its pleasant fragrance; and as for the one who blows the bellows (i.e., the blacksmith), he either burns your clothes or you smell a repugnant smell". [Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
Riyad as-Salihin, 363