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nearest to me. The Prophet said : A believer loves and is loved.
There is no good in one who does not love and is not loved. The Prophet praised brotherhood among the Muslims and said : God gives a friend to one whose good . He intends. If he forgets, he reminds him. If he does not remember, he helps him. The Prophet said : If two brothers meet with each other, they are like two hands one of which clear the dust of the other. If two believers meet with each other, God gives benefit to one from another. To give encouragement of friendship for God, the Prophet said: If a man makes brotherhood for God, God will increase his rank in Paradise and will not reduce anything from his actions. Hazrat Idris Khaolani said to Hazrat Muaz : I love you for God. He said :
It is good. I heard the Prophet say : Chairs will be placed round the Throne for one parry of men. Their faces will be bright like full moon. The people will be afraid, but they will not be afraid.
The people will be perturbed, but they will not be perturbed.
They are the friends of God and they will not have any fear or sorrow. The Prophet was asked : O Messenger of God, who are they ? He said : Those who love one another for God. The Prophet said : There arc pulpits of light around the Throne. A party of men will be seated therein. Their dress will be of light. They are not Prophets or martyrs but the Prophet and martyrs will envy their rank. They asked : O Apostle of God, narrate to us their qualities. He said : They love one another for God, they sit together in an assembly for God and meet one another for God.
The Prophet said of the two men who love each other for God :
The more beloved of God is one who loves his friend more. God says : I shall make their children attached to them and nothing will be reduced from their actions. The Prophet said that God says : My meeting becomes sure for those who meet one another for Me. My love becomes sure for those who love one another for Me. My help becomes sure for those who help one another for Me.

The Prophet said: God will say on the Resurrection Day :
Where are those who loved one another for Me ? There is no shade to-day except My shade. I will give them My shade. The Prophet said : On the day when there will be no shade except the shade of God, He will place seven persons under His shade — (1) a just ruler, (2) a young man engaged in divine service. (3) a man who is attracted towards the mosque after he comes out of it, (4)
two persons who love each other for God, meet each other for

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