After watching Seinfeld a few days ago, an interesting question was brought up on the show, by Jerry and Kramer.
Jerry said that if he commited murder, Kramer shouldn’t turn him in because “he knew him”, and it was friendship loyalty.
Kramer said he would immediately turn in Jerry. Because, who’s to say, “I’m not next”?
In which Jerry replied, “But you know me!”
Kramer: “Well, I thought I did.”
So, who’s side are you on?.. how far will YOU go?, when it comes to ethics and relationship..
hmm..this is a very tough one…
becoz Hz Umar (ra) didn’t he ask for cutting the hands of his own son when he committed theft?
and didn’t Hz Mohammad (saw) say at a certain situation that even if a crime was committed by his own daughter Fatima (ra) he would have given her the same punishment?
so i do think its a gunah…to prefer relationship over ethic 
but…i think i would do this gunah and face Allah swt when my time comes but i cant do such a zulam n disloyalty with someone i love
sure it is, we are not like Umer 
and Muhammad :saw:
but there must be some boundries for any one…
Depending upon how close I am to the person, I may not turn them in, but I would surely pull away and it would affect my level of trust with that person.
I will go a step further and come up with a scheme to frame someone else for the misdeed of my friend. Loyalty to me is more important than ethical garbage.
hmm I had this problem come up just this last week..well sort of.
A friend of a friend and someone I've really just considered someone I just know and don't really care to know better since I know him too well... was arrested for driving drunk last weekend.
Anyhow the problem is I am considered by everyone to be a close and good friend since I do get along with everyone so easily..
Anyhow my friend called up saying we gotta help bail him out this is terrible!
I was mad and said look he deserves it he's always driven after drinking in the past too and it's about time he got caught let him stay in jail for a week then we can bail him out.
So now my friend is mad at me and says I should call the other guy up to apologise for not helping him out!? If I did call the guy it would have been to scold him for being so irresponsible in the first place!
Does that make me disloyal? I don't think so..if my brother had done the same or my kids if I had any I would do the same...esp since in this case it's been going on for a while.
You really never know anyone...i'd turn him in to save other lives or my own.
Did you hear about the Ohio snipper who's father turned him in? I say kudos to the dad..he prevented many more people from dying by doing what's right.
I think culture, environment and your brought up plays a role in how you react in such circumstances. In Pakistan (especially villages) people 'value' friendship as the ultimate bond and there are cases where people go all the way for their relatives and friends.
I haven't seen the same emotional attachment in the west...You save ur butt first and everything else is secondary
sorry i wrote the wrong story earlier. i just confirmed this issue with my father tonight. while he was in power hz umar (ra)'s son had actually consumed alchohol for which he was beaten with a lash, and he passed away while he was being beaten, with some lashes still remaining, so the remaining ones were hit on his grave...
I'd kill someone else so my friend and I can swap stories and stuff. There are so many pedophiles and rapists about, why not do the world some good and vent our frustrations that way?