Your friends will shape your afterlife. On the Day of Judgment, those who followed the wrong people will bite their fists in regret.

’Uqbah ibn Abi Mu’ait and Ubayy ibn Khalaf had the chance to be companions of the Prophet ﷺ, but they chose the company of Shaytan instead. Peer pressure dragged them to complete ruin. Dr. Omar Suleiman unpacks how chasing the wrong approval leads to destruction—and why choosing your friends is often choosing your fate.