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It is recommended to stay at sufficient distance from ill
mannered, ignorant, and non-believers person but treating everyone
in kind and noble manner is necessary. God says in Quran:
" َنيِق َّتُمْلا اَّلِإ ٌْوُدَع ٍضْعَبِل ْمُهُضْعَب ٍذِئَمْوَي ُءاَّلِخَأْلا "

“On that Day, even friends will become enemies to one
another with the exception of the righteous people”.
(Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 67)
It is clear that on the Day of Judgment all will be
enemy except the one who were believers. Therefore we
need to make friends which are believers and which
remind us of God. It is wise to choose a good friend in this
world to avoid regret in next world. In this context, there
is a tradition from Imam Mohammad Baqir (A.S.) who
heard from his father Imam Zain al abdeen (A.S.) that we
should never befriend people, who are Kasab (liar), the
one who takes the right of people, a miser, a fool and the
one cuts relationship (Silay Reham). Imam Ali (A.S.) took
it more forward and said that friend in need is friend
indeed which today is considered as a standard definition
of a “good friend” around the world.
The process of safeguarding the friendship has been
suggested by Imam Askari (A.S.). According to Imam
Askari (A.S.) that we should advice our friends secretly and
not publicly because if we advise them openly, there is a
possibility that we will humiliate and hurt them. This means
that in the true value of Islam, it is important to uphold the
respect and status of your friend. These elements as
mentioned above are also considered to be the core
foundations of a good friendship by modern day researchers.
A believer according to the behavioral codes of Islam,
establishes the standards of friendship through which he/she
will soon find themselves encircled with friends who will take
them to heaven and take them away from the fire of Hell.