When the Prophet (saw) missed the company of any of his brothers for three days, he would ask about him. If he was absent, he would pray for him; and if he was in town, he would visit him; and if he was ill, he would go to see him.

✦⋆· said, "Seek to increase your brothers [i.e. believeing friends], for every believer will make an intercession on the Day of Judgment."

● "Looking at a brother you love for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, is [an act of] worship."

● "The most scarce things at the end of time will be a trustworthy brother and a legitimately earned dirham."

● "Allah, the Exalted, likes the maintenance of old brotherhood, so maintain it."

● "The best of your brothers is the one who helps you to obey Allah, prevents you from disobeying Him, and orders you to please Him."

● "When you see three traits in your brother, place your hope in him: bashfulness, trustworthiness, and truthfulness. If you do not see them, do not place your hope in him."

● "A believer is a mirror for his believing brother; he stays faithful to him in his absence and spares him from what he would hate to see."

● "Any person in my community who acts kindly towards his brother in faith, Allah will grant him the service of the servants of Paradise."

● "When one of you takes a brother, he must ask him his name, his father's name, his tribe and his address. This is part of true brotherhood, otherwise it is a foolish amity."

● "Meet your brother with a joyful face."

✦⋆· said, "Adopt [the friendship of] true brothers and increase in your acquisition of them, for they are an asset in times of prosperity, and a shield during afflictions."

● "Do not let your brother be stronger than you are in your amity for him."

● "Admonish your brother (comrade) by good deeds and kind regards, and ward off his evil by favouring him."

● "Love brothers in proportion to [their] piety."

● "Love is purified through cultivating friendship for the sake of Allah."

● "Brothers, [whose brotherhood is] for the sake of Allah, enjoy an enduring amity, due to the firmness of its foundation."

● "Brotherhood for the sake of Allah is fruitful."

● "A man whose friendship is not for the sake of Allah must be avoided, for his friendship is vile, and his company is doomed."

● "A man whose brotherhood is for the sake of Allah is bound to gain, while a man who seeks brothers for the sake of this world is bound to lose."

● "A man who draws close to you for a purpose will abandon you when it is fulfilled."

● "Ask your hearts about their amities, for they are witnesses that take no bribes."

● "How awful it is to cut off relations after having maintained them, to turn away after brotherhood, and to have animosity after amity."

● "The one you need to safeguard yourself against is not your brother."

● "Do not take for brother a man who hides your virtues and exposes your lapses."

● "Choose the new of everything, but the oldest one from among brothers."

● "Your true brother is the one who forgives your lapse, fulfils your need, accepts your excuse, hides your vices, removes your fear, and lives up to your expectation."

● "Your brother is the one who does not abandon you in difficulty, does not forget you at the time of trouble, and does not cheat you when you seek his advice."

● "A man who shuns his brothers for every lapse has few friends."

● "Tolerance is the splendor of companions."

● "The best of brothers is the one with the least hesitance in offering [harsh] advice."

✦⋆· said, "The best person is the one who maintains relations with one who cuts him off."

● "The best of your brothers is the one who stands by you, and better than him is he who suffices himself with you, and even when he is in need of you, he spares you."

● "The best brother is the one whose amity is for the sake of Allah."

● "The best of your brothers is the one who rushes to do good and draws you alongside him, and orders you to do good and helps you with it."

● "The best of brothers is the one who does not let his fellow brothers need anyone other than himself."

● Imam (as) was asked, "Who is the worst companion?" He replied, "The one who glamorizes acts of disobedience to Allah for you."

● "A man who takes a brother after careful selection is bound to have a lasting companionship and a firm amity, whereas a man who takes a brother without careful testing is bound to resort to the friendship of evil people."

● "He who advises his brother in private adorns him, and he who advises him publicly makes him look bad."

● "Let none of you compel his brother to ask, if you already know about his need."

✦⋆· said, "A believer is the brother of another believer [as if] from his own mother and father."

● "Know the amity that your brother has for you in his heart through what you harbour of the same in your own heart."

● "The worst brother is the one who stays with you in your affluence and abandons you in your poverty."

● "Do not take for brothers or companions: the fool, the miserly, the coward, and the liar."

✦⋆· said, "A believer is the brother of another believer, his eye and his guide; he does not betray him, nor wrong him, nor deceive him, and nor does he rescind a promise he made to him."

● "A believer is the brother of another believer, like a single body. If any part of him suffers, he will feel its pain in his entire body; and their souls are also made of one soul."

● "A man's love for his brother is part of his love for his religion."

● "O Ibn al-Nu'mani If you want your brother's amity for you to be pure, do not make fun of him, do not dispute with him, do not exchange bragging with him, and do not vie with him in evil acts."

● "Brothers need three things among them - they either use them, or else dispute and hate one another - fairness, benevolence, and evasion of jealousy."

● A man passed through the mosque, where Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq (as) were seated, when one of the people present said, "By Allah, I like this man." Imam Sadiq (as) replied, 'Then let him know, for this will maintain the amity and enhance the affection."

● "A man who places his amity in the wrong place is bound to suffer abandonment."

● "Brothers are of three [kinds]: one, like food, is needed all the time and he is the wise [friend]. Another is similar to disease, and this is the fool. And the third is like medicine, and this is the tactful [friend]."

● "Brothers are three [kinds]: one helps with his own self, and another helps with his money, and these are true in their brotherhood. A third is the one who takes from you what he needs and keeps you for some of his pleasure - do not consider him trustworthy."

● "A man who does not befriend [anyone] unless they are flawless will have few friends."

● "The most beloved of my brothers to me is he who confers my faults to me."

● "Test your brothers with two things, which they must possess; otherwise avoid them, avoid them, avoid them: observing the prayers at their prescribed times and helping brothers during hardship as well as ease."

● "A man who observes bad behavior in his brother without forbidding him from it - whilst he is able to - has indeed betrayed him."

● "A man who honors his believing brother when he comes to [visit] him is, by doing so, honoring Allah, Mighty and Exalted."

● "Allah helps the believer as long as the believer helps his brother."

● "A man who fulfils one need of his believing brother's Allah will fulfil one hundred thousand needs of his on the Day of Resurrection."

✦⋆· said, "Do not seek sincere amity from a man you have insincere sentiment for, nor honest advice from someone you direct your distrust towards, for another's feelings [lit. heart] towards you are similar to your feelings towards him."

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According to another hadith, "Whoever Jumps in the middle of his brother's speech and disturbs him, It's like having cut the flesh of his brother's face!"

Respecting each other's turn while speaking is very important and actually listening to what others have to say.

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. Encouraging you to have faith in Allah and obey his commands as well as his Prophet (saw) and AhlulBayt (as) when you're having doubts in your religion and towards God.

Encouraging you to worship Allah and be sincere in your deeds when you're filled with hypocrisy and ostentation.

Encouraging you to get closer to Allah and care for your Hereafther rather than seeking worldly pleasures.

. Encouraging you to be humble and not arrogant.

Encouraging you to be honest with people & not deceiving them rather than being crafty.