The Code of Friendship | Alireza Panahian

The Code of Friendship

When you love God and God loves you, the first effect on you is that you will become kind with others. What is the effect? You will like your friends and other people. They will like you very much. Your behavior will be based on comradeship very much. We should die for each other. If we don’t die for each other, at least we should like each other, miss each other, and cry when being apart.

God will say on the Day of Judgment, “Why didn’t you come to visit Me when I was sick?” You will say, “God, what do You mean You became sick?! But, You’re the God of the universe.” He will say, “Why didn’t you go to visit your sick friend who was a believer?”

All of you should love each other. But, it is not customary at all for us to be kind to each other. You know that you shouldn’t tell good things about a person to himself. But, Imam Sadiq (‘a) said, “Whomsoever you like, tell him.” Our behavior is not the correct behavior of a true believer. We act very arrogantly.

“Salam!” Only Salam?! You should say, “May I be sacrificed for you!” Only Salam?! You should say Salam to everybody. Wasn’t he in the mourning ceremony with you? So, you should say, “May I be sacrificed for you, my dear!”

Kindness. Kindness. Kindness.

“I miss you. You have to come so that I can see you. Where are you? I want to see you. I just wanted to talk to you to hear your voice.” It has been greatly recommended to give food! A believer gives food. Let’s behave with kindness. The way we are now behaving is not the correct way.

They do a test in elementary school where they bring two drops of water close together. What does intermolecular attraction do when these two drops get close to each other? Water is like this. As soon as they touch each other, they hug each other and become one.

The Martyr Chamran never shook hands with anyone. Instead of shaking hands, he hugged people. Something has been deleted from us!

When the Holy Prophet of Islam (s) shook hands with someone, he wouldn’t let the other person’s hand go, until the other person wanted to take back his hand. Then, he would let go. We are nothing.

May God make us all love each other. Kindness. Kindness. Kindness.

One of the outstanding features of the soldiers was that they loved each other. They didn’t do anything special! But, they suffered when their friends were martyred. When they say, “The front had a special spiritual environment,” what could be seen was this love. The rest was in their hearts and in the wills they wrote. It was in their midnight talks with God, which they tried to hide.

What is the result of, “A nation whom He loves and they love Him”? (Qur’an, 5:54) They will love each other.

It has been highly recommended for the believers to visit each other. When you shake hands, sins will slide away. So, hold hands a little longer.

“If it is like this, then everyone is pure?!” Yes! You thought God will erase the sins of a lover of the Household of the Prophet only on the Day of Judgment? There is intercession each moment.

Support each other. Be kind to each other. Love each other. I won’t say the end of it. If you move forward in this, your love for the Household of the Prophet will increase greatly! The true believers cause the world to love them with these things.