Hawzah News Agency – The Prophet (SAWA) said, exclaiming,

متى‏ ألْقى‏ إخْواني ؟! قالوا: ألَسْنا إخْوانَكَ؟ قالَ: بلْ أنتُم أصْحابي، وإخْواني الّذينَ آمَنوا بِي ولَم يَرَوني، أنا إلَيهِم بالأشْواقِ.

'When will I see my brothers?!' to which they replied, 'Are we not your brothers?' He said, 'No, you are my companions. My brothers are those who believe in me without having seen me, and I am filled with longing for them.'

Source: Kanz al-Ummal, no. 34583