Believers are thus full brothers...
Believers are thus full brothers; so, when one soul amongst this group of souls is afflicted in any place, the rest are depressed, for they are one.'[^4] 88 - وعن أبي جعفر (ع) قال المؤمن أخو المؤمن لأبيه وأمّه لأنّ الله (جلّ جلاله) خلقَ المؤمنين مِن طين الجِنان وأجرى في صوَرِهم من ريحِ الجنان، فلذلك هم إخوة لأبٍ وأُم. It has been reported that Abu Ja'far [a.s] said: Believers are full brothers.
That is because Allah [M.G] created the believers from the earth of Paradise and brought about their forms from the breeze of Paradise. For that reason, they are full brothers.[^5] 89 - وعن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال الأرواحُ جنودٌ مجنّدة تلتقي فتتشامّ كما تتشام الخيلُ، فما تعارف منها ائتلفَ وما تناكرَ منها اختلفَ. ولو أن مؤمناً جاءَ إلى مسجدٍ فيه أناسٌ كثير ليس فيهم إلاّ مؤمنٌ واحد لمالت روحُه إلى ذلك المؤمنِ حتى يجلسَ إليه.
It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [a.s] said: Souls are grouped in batches; they look out for each other like horses. They feel familiar with those whom they know well and disagree with those whom they disapprove of.
If a believer entered a mosque filled with people amongst whom there was but one another believer, his soul would incline towards that believer until he would go and sit besides him.[^6] 90 - وعن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال لا والله، لا يكونُ المؤمن مؤمناً أبداً حتىّ يكونَ لأخيه مثل الجسدِ إذا ضرب عليه عرقٌ واحد تداعت له سائرُ عروقه. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [a.s] said: Nay, by Allah!
A believer is not a true believer ever until he acts as the body of his brother; when one vein in it is struck, it evokes the rest of the body.[^7] 91 - وعنه (ع) قال لكُلّ شئٍ شئٌ يستريحُ إليه، وإنّ المؤمنَ يستريح إلى أخيهِ المؤمنِ كما يستريحُ الطّير ُإلى شَكله.
It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [a.s] said: The believers in their reverence, affection and compassion for each other are like one body; when it falls ill, it affects all over with restlessness and fever.”[^9] [^1]: Al-Majlisi: Bihar al-Anwar 74/264 h.4 and Al-Kulayni: al-Kafi 2/165 h.1. [^2]: Al-Majlisi: Bihar al-Anwar 74/273 h.15. [^3]: Al-Majlisi: Bihar al-Anwar 74/268 h.8 and Al-Kulayni: al-Kafi 2/166 h.4 and 2/277 h.