Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: People Whose Friendship and Association is Necessary ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ أَحَبُّ إِخْوَانِي إِلَيَّ ٠َنْ أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ عُيُوبِي. 5.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “To me, the most beloved of my brethren (friends) is the one who most points out my defects to me.” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/532))