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Being with loved ones in jannah

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Assalamu alaykum, Is there a specific ayat in the Quran or an authentic hadith stating that we will be with those we love (friends from dunya not just family members) in jannah? Please provide the references. Jazzikhallahukhairan. Wassalam, Heather
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Dear Brother / Sister,

One is with the One Who One Loves

"All who obey Allah and the messenger are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah,- of the prophets (who teach), the Sincere (lovers of Truth), the martyrs, and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! How beautiful is there fellowship!" (An-Nisa, 69)

"Say: "If ye do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. "(The Family Of Ìmrán (Al-Ìmrán, 31)

Enes b. Malik (may God be pleased with him), who began to serve him after Prophet  Muhammad (peace be upon him) migrated to Medina, and who started this service at the age of nine or ten and stayed with the Prophet ten years till he died, narrates an event that took place in Medina as follows [Hayâtus-Sahâbe I (the Lives of the Companions), 406 and the others, Sahabiler Enc. I. 408]:
A beduin-villager asked the Prophet:

-         O God's Messenger! “Metes saatu  –  What is the time of the Last Hour-Doomsday?”
The Prophet said:

-         Mâ adette lehâ – What did you prepare for the Last Hour?
-         Hubballâhi ve Rasulihî – The love of God and His Prophet.

Thereupon God's Messenger said:
-         Ente meamen ahbebte – You are with the ones whom you love. [Riyâzus-Salihîn p. 282. 45. part; Hayatus-Sahabe II (the Lives of the Companions), 476; Cevâhirul-Buharî, p. 408; et-Tâc V, 80; Tefsîrul-Kurânil-Azîm II, 330 (about the verse Al-Anfal Surah, 8:74)]

The script of the hadith is from Muslim (one of the hadith narrators). In the script where Bukhari and Muslim agree, there is the following part:
“I did not prepare very much fasting, prayer, and alms for the Last Hour, but I love God and His Messenger very much.” [Riyâzus-Salihîn p. 282; et-Tâc, V, 80; Cevâhirul-Buhârî, p. 408 (edeb. 96)]

Accroding to the narration of Enes (may God be pleased with him), an Arab villager came to Medina and this conversation took place in front of a group of people. This person is not someone who only claims to love God and His Messenger but does not have good deeds. According to the unanimous statements of Bukhari and Muslim, it is understood that, though he did not have many extra good deeds to accompany the obligatory ones, he performed his prayers, fasted and loved God and the Prophet dearly. Otherwise, just by saying 'I love', one cannot say one really loves God and His Messenger. As a piece of advice to Enes b. Malik, the Prophet said: “...Whoever keeps alive my Sunnat (an act which the Prophet performed; not required but carries much reward) loves me, and whoever loves me is with me in the Paradise.” (Tirmizî, Edeb. 63). The essence in love is to try to be on the way of the beloved and to live one's life according to the beloved. As is expresed above, one will truly pass to the afterlife on the religion of one's beloved.

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