Brotherhood in Islam

BismillahirRahmanirrahim
Assalaamu alaykum

I pray that you are well.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: One Muslim is brother to another Muslim. The tie of friendship and brotherhood is like that of husband and wife. He does not treat him bad, he does not spoil his honor and does not surrender him to the hands of his enemy. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Two friends are like two hands, one of which washes the other. Friendship is completed when one of them keeps the other, as if they are one and the same and they share the enjoyments of each other.

A wise man said, when a man does four works in the house of his friend his love become perfect: 1) when he eats with him, 2) when he does necessary works with him, 3) when he prays with him, 4) and when he sleeps with him.

Accord your friend with good treatment in words and deeds. Tell such words which your friend loves, Use words of love and share his sorrows and happiness. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: When one of you love his brother, he should inform him of his love. It increases love. If he knows that you love him, he will surely love you. When you come to know that he also loves you, your love for him will increase. Love will increase from both sides. The existence of love among the believers is the object of Shari'a and religion.

Forgive the faults of your friend. If he commit sin and continues, advise him with tender and sweet words. Don't backbite your friend as Allah likened backbiting to eating the flesh of a dead brother. Do not disclose any secret talk which your friends tell you, even to their close friends.

Help a friend before asking in times of need. Don't ask anything from a friend his wealth and properties. Don't hope to benefit from his name and fame. Aisha, Allah be pleased with her, said: A believer is brother to another believer. He does not seek advantage over him and does not inflict trouble on him. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: I and the God fearing men of my followers are free from inflicting troubles.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A person is upon the religion of his friend." Make friendship having a look to one's character, conduct and qualities.The person with whom companionship is to be kept should have five qualities in him--intellect, good conduct, not to be a sinner, not to be an innovator, not to be a worldly addicted person.

Keep friendship lasting till the death of friend and to keep it even after his death with his wife, children, relatives and friends and to take care of them, and to fulfill the duties of friendship selflessly for the sake of Allah.

Pray for your friend in his life time and even after his death. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: If a man prays for his friend in his absence, the angels say: Similar prayer is for you.

The object of friendship for the sake of Allah is to get benefit in the next world. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that seven persons will get shade under the shade of the Throne on the Day of Resurrection. There are two persons out of them who love each other for the sake of Allah.

May Allah grant us excellent companions in this world and the Hereafter. May Allah give us shade on the Day when there is no shade except under His Throne. Ameen.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam