SHAFAQNA – Good friends invite a person to good deeds and behaviour and will educate him/her indirectly. Imam Ali (AS) said: The best of your brothers (friends) is the one who invites you to tell the truth by his truthfulness and by his good deeds directs you to the best of deeds [1].
[1] Qorarul Hekam wa Dorarol kalam, page 417, hadith 9535.