Friendship: A silent wall built around the heart
✒️ Mufti Muhammad Tasleemuddin Al-Mahmoodi
Friends are like the ribs of the chest. Neither their noise, nor their display; but without them, it is impossible for the heart to remain stable. They are the silent protectors who become shields against every sudden attack of life. When time attacks the heart with its cold attitudes, bitter sentences, and merciless decisions, then friends endure that attack from within, so that your heartbeat does not scatter.
Friends are that confidence that defeats loneliness even in a crowd. They do not convict you for your defeats, but rather clean the wounds and teach you the skill to stand up again. They know where silence is necessary and where a simple sentence saves a life. Friends are that mirror that shows the truth, but does not become glass that injures you with the truth.
When the nights become long and the light of hope begins to fade, then friends do not become lamps. They become the wind and save the lamp from going out. They smile when they hear your fear, absorb your tears within themselves, and make you feel that you are not alone. When time makes your weaknesses its weapons, friends make them shields.
The perfection of friends' loyalty is that they ask for nothing in return. Neither praise, nor the noise of gratitude. Just your well-being is their greatest success. They stay behind in your happiness and stand in front of everyone in sorrow. This is the relationship that does not need blood, but is deeper than blood.