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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Brothers are the best of assets [in times of hardship].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The one who assists [you] in obeying [Allah] is the best companion.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A friend is one whose friendship is true [even] in absence.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The loss that causes illness (or burns [the heart]) is the loss of loved ones.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A companion is like a patch [of cloth], so take one that matches [yours].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

An associate is like a friend, so choose one who is suitable.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A stranger is one who does not have a [close] friend.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Brothers in faith have lasting affection [for each other].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The brother whom you benefit from is better than the brother [for] whom you increase [benefit].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Seeking the destruction of a friend stems from lack of conciliation.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Brothers are an embellishment in times of ease and a [means of] support in times of tribulation.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Worldly brothers are such that their affection is cut off as quickly as its causes are severed.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of your brothers is he who supports you with his benevolence, and better than him is one who makes you needless of all other than him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of brothers are the most sincere [of them] and the worst of them are the most deceitful.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best brother is one whose brotherhood is not based on worldly gain.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best brother is one whose affection is for the sake of Allah.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best brother is one after whose loss you would not like to remain [alive].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of your brothers is one who rushes towards good and pulls you towards it, and enjoins you to righteousness and assists you in it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of your brothers is the one who exhorts you to speak the truth by his own veracity and compels you to perform the best deeds by his own good actions.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of your brothers is the one who shows you the path of guidance, makes you acquire piety and prevents you from following your lowly desires.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of your brothers is the one who assists you financially [in your time of need].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many a brother has not been born to your mother.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The friend of an ignorant person is troubled and afflicted.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Accompany your brothers with kindness and cover their offences with forgiveness.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Accompany the intelligent and you will benefit, turn away from this world and you will be safe.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Accompany the intelligent, associate with the learned and overcome your vain desires, [by this] you will join the company of the Exalted Assembly.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Accompany the wise, associate with the forbearing and turn away from this world - you shall dwell in the Garden of the Abode.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Association with the wicked leads one to become evil, just like the wind - when it passes by a foul smell, it carries the stench.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Accompanying a fool is torment for the soul.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Accompanying a wise friend enlivens the soul.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The friend of a fool is in distress.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The friend of an ignorant person is exposed to harm.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Your friend is one who forbids you [from evil] and your enemy is one who entices you [to perform evil].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Association with the wicked leads one to have negative thoughts about the righteous.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

You should accompany the one who is intelligent and devout, for surely he is the best of companions.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

You should keep ties with brethren of purity, for they are an embellishment in times of ease and a support in [times of] tribulation.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

You should build a bond of brotherhood with the one who cautions and forbids you [from doing evil] for verily he is aiding and guiding you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is amiable towards people is loved by them.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The companionship [in this world] is short.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A friend is the closest of relations.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The friend has been named $adzq because he is truthful to you about your nature and faults, so have confidence in one who does this for he is your [true] friend.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The comrade has been named rafzq because he encourages you to improve your religion; so whoever assists you to improve your faith, then he is a concerned comrade.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

As the companionship prolongs, the [mutual] respect is affirmed.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

If you like to remain safe, then keep away from the companionship of a foolish person.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When the sins of a friend increase, the joy of being with him decreases.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When your friend takes you as a brother, then be like a servant to him and accord him with true loyalty and perfect sincerity.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When the disloyalty of a friend becomes evident, forsaking him becomes easy.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Through mutual understanding, companionship lasts.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Through good companionship, camaraderie increases.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst friend is the one who is [easily] fed up.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How bad a colleague the ignoramus is!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How evil a colleague the enemy is!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How evil a comrade the envious one is!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Hold on to every friend who is brought close to you by hard times (and who benefits you in times of distress).

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be warm-hearted to your friend and he will be warm-hearted towards you, honour him and he will honour you, give him preference over yourself and he will give you preference over himself and his family.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A good companion is a blessing.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

An evil companion is a curse.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sit in the company of the people of piety and wisdom and increase your discourse with them, for if you are ignorant they will enlighten you and if you are knowledgeable, you will increase your knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Good companionship increases the affection of the hearts.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The jealousy of a friend is an ailment of [his] friendship.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best choice is accompanying the righteous.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of those whom you can accompany are the people of knowledge and insight.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best person you can accompany is the one who does not compel you to seek adjudication between yourself and him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best companion is one who makes you infatuated with the Hereafter, urges you to renounce worldly pleasures and assists you in obeying your Lord.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A man's friend is a sign of his intelligence and his speech is evidence of his merit.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best of all things is that which is newer, but the best of brothers is the oldest of them.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best brother is the most helpful of them in [performing] good deeds, the most active in doing good deeds and the most affable in companionship.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many a friend may be envious.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many a friend is scorned because of his ignorance, not because of his intention.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The beauty of companionship is tolerance.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of your brothers is the one who makes you accept falsehood.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of your brothers is the one who forces you to compromise and compels you to ask for pardon.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of your friends is the one for whom you [always] have to undergo hardship.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of brothers is one who forsakes you [in times of need].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst companion is an ignorant person.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst brother is the one who keeps ties with you in good times but abandons you in times of difficulty.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of your brothers is the one who beguiles you with vain desire and distracts you with this world.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of your brothers is the one who flatters you and hides your faults from you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of your brothers is the deceiving flatterer.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst of your brothers is the one who is slow in performing good deeds and slows you down [from doing good] along with him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst and most deceitful of your brothers is the one who entices you with [the pleasures of] this transitory world and makes you unmindful of the Hereafter.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst companion is the one who changes [his loyalty] quickly.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst comrade is the one who is very suspicious.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The worst affinity is [one that leads to] putting someone into trouble.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The condition of companionship is lack of disagreement.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A bad companion is [like] a splinter of hellfire.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Companionship with the righteous leads one to acquire righteousness just like the wind - when it passes by perfume, it carries the fragrance.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Enmity with the honourable is safer than friendship with the wicked.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The companionship of a wise person is dependable.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sitting in the company of the virtuous brings honour.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Accompanying the wicked brings ruin.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sitting with people of low morals wears out the hearts.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Holding back your kindness invites [your companions] to accompany someone other than you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Being in the company of an ignorant person is one of the greatest tribulations.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sitting with the common people corrupts one's habits.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who accompanies the wicked is like one who travels by sea, if he is saved from drowning he will still not be saved from the fear [of drowning].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sitting with worldly people causes one to forget his faith and drives [one] towards the obedience of Satan.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Agreement with companions prolongs the companionship; and showing courtesy in matters makes the means [of accomplishment] easy.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sitting in the company of wise men enlivens the minds and cures the souls.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The loneliness of a man is better for him than [having] an evil comrade.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

By establishing ties for the sake of Allah, brotherhood becomes fruitful.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Brotherhood for the sake of Allah is based on advising each other for the sake of Allah, contributing for His sake, helping each other to obey His commands, forbidding each other from disobeying Him, assisting each other for His sake and sincere affection.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Pretend to have forgotten the bad actions of your brothers and their affection [towards you] will last longer.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The fruit of brotherhood is [in] protecting [the reputation of one's brother in] his absence and presenting his faults to him [so that he may correct himself].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who fraternizes for the sake of Allah, gains.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who fraternizes for the sake of this world is deprived [of it].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who has no brothers has no kin.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who [always] argues with his brothers has few friends.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

He who loses the one who was his brother for the sake of Allah, it is as if he has lost the most important organ of his body.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who preserves [that which is entrusted to him] and is loyal will not be deprived of the benefit of brotherhood.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is from weak personal judgment to break ties with one's brothers. 112.How numerous are friends during times of prosperity and how few they are

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Hadith

Ethics Virtues THE BROTHER, THE FRIEND, THE ASSOCIATE AND THE COMPANION