Re: Friends VS (extended) Family
A person asked Sheikh Saadi (RA): "What is the difference between a brother and a friend?"
Sheikh replied:" Brother is like gold and friend is like diamond."
The person wondered and asked again how he preferred friend over brother.
Sheikh responded that if there appeared any crack in the gold then it could be melted and reshaped as per it original shape, whereas if there appeared a crack in the diamond, it could never be reshaped to its original shape.
the full thing changes the meaning what was said.
Re: Friends VS (extended) Family
i wanted to wait a little before i stated the whole thing, and i heared same exact story with reference of hazrat Ali
Re: Friends VS (extended) Family
A person asked Sheikh Saadi (RA): "What is the difference between a brother and a friend?"
Sheikh replied:" Brother is like gold and friend is like diamond."
The person wondered and asked again how he preferred friend over brother.
Sheikh responded that if there appeared any crack in the gold then it could be melted and reshaped as per it original shape, whereas if there appeared a crack in the diamond, it could never be reshaped to its original shape.
the full thing changes the meaning what was said.
The melting point of gold in Celsius is 1064 °. So our relatives need to go through such high temperatures before they can be melted and reshaped again :D And we will reshape them as per our likings :p
On a serious note, if anyone has good relatives who don't have bad intentions and no jealousy, they should consider themselves lucky. I think, we should not expect anything good from our relatives. If we don't get any harm from them, we should consider ourselves lucky.