Friends are like colour pencils, they colour our lives
i may not be ur fav colour, but hope u will need me sometime to complete ur pic !

A friend is someone, who upon seeing another friend in immense pain,would rather be the one experiencing the pain than to have to watch their friend suffer. This is what a TRUE FRIEND or True Brother or True sister will do in a heartbeat.

"Whoever removes a difficulty from a Muslim in this world, Allah will remove for him a difficulty of the difficulties of the Day of Judgment."[Muslim]

From the most important principles that
should be followed when building
relationships with people are:

Correct the relationship between
yourself and Allah and Allah will then
correct the relationship between
yourself and others.
Studies have proved that every
individual has his own unique pattern
of understanding and that patterns
are usually one of the following:

A visual pattern, i.e. one looks at the
world and deals with it from a
physical point of view.

A hearing pattern, i.e. one looks at the
world and deals with it based on the
words that one hears (one better
understands by hearing).

An emotion-based pattern, i.e. one
looks at the world through one's
emotions and inner feelings.
If you succeed in understanding how
a particular individual perceives
things (i.e., which pattern one
emphasizes), then you can more
easily achieve harmony and
understanding between the two of
you, as well as achieve confidence in
your relationship.

Put yourself in the place of others and
let them hear from you what you like
to hear from them, and behave with
them the way you like them to
behave with you.
Always keep smiling, especially
during difficult situations and
incidents.

Keep your calm and self control when
provoked.

Always be sensitive to feelings of
others, their rights and their needs.

Choose your words carefully,
especially during the first encounter.
Be cheerful when speaking and
beware of dull facial expressions and
tough looks even if your words are
very nice.

When the atmosphere is not
appropriate to talk about a particular
subject, then it is better to end the talk
about that subject in a courteous way
and postpone it to a more
appropriate time.

Decorate your talk with jokes and
proverbs without making this
overwhelming in your talk, and tell
only the truth. This will induce an
interactive discussion.

Give away gifts even if small ones and
rush to help others even if in little
ways, because these are means of
winning hearts and of building
relationships. It is related in Adab al-
Mufrad of Al-Bukhari that the Prophet
(may peace and blessing be upon
him) said: "Give gifts as it will create
love amongst you."

Spread Salam (Islamic greeting) and
reply to a greeting with a better one.
This is a key to winning others' hearts,
so be eager to own this key.

Keep your promises and be truthful in
your talk. This will make others love
you even when you cannot
accomplish what they want.

Be generous within your means. Even
whatever little that you may give will
put you in a high position in the
hearts of people. No one can win the
hearts of others while he is described
as stingy and not generous.

Be simple and spontaneous in dealing
with others. Being organized in your
life will make you win others' respect,
even that of your enemies.

Be clean in your body, mouth and
clothing, be stylish without
exaggeration, and put on a nice
fragrance; all these will make others
that are dealing with you more
comfortable, instead of making them
avoid you.

These principles can be applied under
all circumstances and in all roles - at
work, at home, with our husband or
our wife, our father, our sons, our
friends, or with strangers.
Author Unknown Transl. M.M. &
Islaam.com

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