Envy

"a woman's character as it is. The Prophet, peace be upon him, also said, There is a kind of jealousy that Allah Almighty detests, which is the jealousy of a man for his family without any suspicion. This type of jealousy arises from evil suspicion, which is forbidden as some suspicion is sinful. Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, advised, Do not excessively harbor jealousy over your family, for you may be accused of evil on their behalf. However, jealousy in its proper place is necessary and praiseworthy. The Prophet, peace be upon him, explained, Allah the Almighty is jealous, and so is the believer. Allah's jealousy is that a believer"

"Al-Hassan used to say, Do you allow your women to jostle with foreigners in the markets? May Allah curse whoever does not possess jealousy. The Prophet, peace be upon him, stated, Verily, there is a type of jealousy Allah loves and a type he detests, and a type of arrogance he loves and a type he detests. The jealousy that Allah loves is in cases of suspicion, and the jealousy he detests is without suspicion. The arrogance Allah loves is a man's self-assurance during battle and confrontation, and the arrogance he detests is pride and falsehood. The Prophet, peace be upon him, also said, I am indeed jealous, and any man who is not jealous has a corrupt heart."

"Allah the Almighty is jealous, and so is the believer. Allah's jealousy is that a believer commits what he has forbidden. He also remarked, Are you amazed at the jealousy of Sa'd? I am, by Allah, more jealous than him, and Allah is more jealous than me. Because of Allah's jealousy, he has prohibited immoralities, both apparent and hidden. Allah loves excuses, which is why he sent warners and bearers of glad tidings. He also loves praise, which is why he promised paradise. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, shared an experience from his night journey. One night, while I was led on my night journey,"

"A further hadith says, "Whoever suppresses his anger while being able to enact it," recorded by Abu Dawood and others. By combining envy and backbiting, you harm yourself, gifting your good deeds to the one you envy. Your backbiting does not harm him but benefits him by transferring your good deeds to him. Embracing envy and folly, your criticism might spread the virtues of the one you envy, as it is said: "When God wants to spread a virtue, He allows a jealous tongue to reveal it.""

""And whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Merciful, We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion." Explanation of the Remedy for Envy from the Heart Envy is a profound illness of the heart, and such ailments can only be treated with knowledge and action. To address the disease of envy, one must understand that envy harms the envious person both in this world and in their faith, while the envied person remains unharmed and even benefits."

"The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "Indeed, Sa'd is jealous, and I am more jealous than Sa'd, and Allah is more jealous than I." Indeed, jealousy was created to preserve lineages. If people were to be lenient in this regard, lineages would become mixed, and thus it is said that in every nation where jealousy is placed in its men, protection is placed in its women."

"Similarly, the brave envy the brave, not the scholar, wanting to be known for bravery alone, uncontested by scholars in such a pursuit. Scholars envy scholars, not the brave, and preachers envy preachers more than they do jurists or doctors. This is because their competition is on a more specialized common goal. The root of these rivalries is animosity, stemming from their competition for the same aim, an aim that does not unite those far apart but those similar in nature, which increases envy among them."

"However, this inherent baseness is typically irreducible. Sometimes, several or all of these causes might converge in an individual, amplifying envy to the extent that it cannot be hidden, exposing enmity openly. Most cases of envy involve several of these causes, and it's rare for only one reason to stand alone. Explanation: The Cause of Increased Envy Among Equals, Peers, Brothers, Cousins, and Relatives and Its Decline in Others Envy tends to increase among those with shared causes."

"I am indeed jealous, and any man who is not jealous has a corrupt heart. To avoid unnecessary jealousy, it is advised that no men enter upon your wife while she does not go out to the markets. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, once asked his daughter Fatima, peace be upon her, What is best for a woman? She replied, That she does not see a man, and no man sees her. He embraced her and said, They are of the same lineage, appreciating her response. The companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, would block windows and holes in walls so women would not look at men. Muadh once saw his wife peering through a window"

"Do not assume you will be safe with a good intention in learning, while in your heart there is something of envy, ostentation, and conceit. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, Three are destructive, unrestrained greed, follow of desires, and self-admiration. Envy, as for envy, it is branched from greed because the miser withholds from others what is in his hand, while the greedy begrudges Allah's blessings in his treasury to his servants."

"so too does the pursuit of dominance in debate stir all manner of base qualities. It incites reprehensible traits, including envy. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Envy eats away at good deeds just as fire consumes wood. Those engaged in debate cannot escape envy, as sometimes one prevails and sometimes is prevailed upon; sometimes one's words are praised, and at other times, another's words are praised."

"As for that which does not accept: The first type is one whose questioning and objection stem from envy and hatred. No matter how excellently, eloquently, and clearly you respond, it only increases his rage and envy. The way to deal with such a person is not to engage in answering him. All enmity may be hoped to be removed, except the enmity of one who opposes you out of envy."

"Thus, you trade what is assured with the Creator for what is with the created, who are vain. Even if you gain their good opinion, it cannot help you before Allah. As for backbiting due to envy, it combines two punishments. You envy someone for a worldly blessing and are tormented by envy in this world. You add the torment of the Hereafter, being at a loss in both worlds."

"Hatim al-Asamm said, "Whoever passes by the graves and does not reflect on himself or pray for them has betrayed himself and betrayed them." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "There is not a night except that a caller calls out, 'O inhabitants of the graves, whom do you envy? They say, 'We envy the people of the mosques because they fast, while we do not, they pray, while we do not, and they remember Allah, while we do not.'" Sufyan said, "Whoever frequently remembers the grave will find it a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and whoever neglects its remembrance will find it a pit from the pits of Hell.""

"me? When he is pleased, I come until I am in his heart, and when he is angry, I fly until I am in his head. Another major gateway is envy and greed. When a person is overly eager for something, his greed blinds and deafens him. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, your love for something blinds and deafens. This hadith is recorded by Abu Dawud from the narration of Abu al-Darda with a weak chain of transmission. The light of insight allows one to recognize the entrances of Satan. However, when the veil of envy and greed is present, one cannot see clearly, and Satan seizes the opportunity to beautify everything that"

"then revealed to Noah that he does not need the three, so he should let Satan tell him about the two. Noah asked, what are the two? Satan replied, they are the two that do not lie to me, the two that never fail me, greed and envy. Through envy I was cursed and made a rejected devil. As for greed, it led Adam to his downfall. He was permitted the entire garden except for one tree, but I achieved my aim with him through greed. Another major door is the over consumption of food, even if it is pure and permissible. Overeating strengthens desires, and desires are the weapons of Satan. It is narrated that Satan appeared"

"This is the depth of wickedness. Hence the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, Envy devours good deeds like fire devours wood. The envious one is tortured with no mercy, consistently and worldly torment until death, and the punishment of the hereafter is harsher and more substantial. Indeed, the servant does not reach the reality of faith until he wishes for others what he wishes for himself, sharing with Muslims in joy and distress, for Muslims are like a building, reinforcing one another, and like a single body that if a part suffers, the entirety suffers likewise. If you do not find this within your heart,"

"yes, but Allah helped me against him and he accepted Islam. Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, peace be upon him, shared an account where she felt jealous one night when the Prophet left her place. Upon his return he asked, what is wrong with you O Aisha? Are you jealous? She replied, how can one like me not be jealous over one like you? The Prophet then asked, did your devil take hold of you? Aisha inquired if she had a devil with her to which he replied, yes. She asked if every human had one and he confirmed, yes, even me, but my Lord assisted me against him until he accepted Islam. Abu Huraira narrated that the Prophet, peace be upon"

"reports on this matter detailed in exegesis and further clarified in the book al-aqam al-kabir. It is narrated that Aisha reported the messenger of Allah peace be upon him said regarding the people of the book. They do not envy us for anything as they envy us for the day of Friday which Allah has guided us to while they have gone astray from it and for the Qibla which Allah has guided us to while they have gone astray and for our saying Ameen behind the Imam. Chapter the obligation of the month of Ramadan in the year two before the Battle of Badr. In this year the fasting of the month of Ramadan was"

"without hesitance. When this reached the messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he said, Are you amazed by the jealousy of Sa'd? By Allah, I am more jealous than him, and Allah is more jealous than I. Because of his jealousy, Allah has prohibited immorality, both apparent and concealed, agreed upon. In both Sahih collections, it is reported from him, Indeed, Allah has a sense of protective jealousy, and the believer also has a sense of jealousy, and Allah's jealousy is that his servant commits what he has forbidden to him. In both Sahihs, it is narrated from him, No one has more protective jealousy than"

"Thus, one should not say, "I am jealous over اللّٰه," but rather, "I am jealous for اللّٰه." The jealousy of a person from themselves is more important than their jealousy from others. If you are jealous from yourself, your jealousy for اللّٰه from others will be sound. But if you are jealous for Him from others and not from yourself, then the jealousy is flawed."

"is no conceivable jealousy of a rival over Him; that would be mere envy. Rather, the praiseworthy jealousy in His regard is that the lover be jealous over his own love for Him, lest he divert it to another; or jealous over it lest another become aware of it and so spoil it for him; or jealous over his deeds lest anything in them be for other than his Beloved; or jealous over them lest they be tainted by what his Beloved dislikes — showing off, or self-admiration, or a love that others should look upon them, or his being absent from witnessing God's favor upon him in them."

"A benefit: Jealousy is of two kinds — jealousy for a thing and jealousy from a thing. Jealousy for the beloved is your eagerness to keep him; jealousy from what is hateful is that a rival should crowd you out of him. So jealousy for the beloved is not complete without jealousy from the rival. This is praiseworthy where the beloved is one in whose love sharing is repugnant, as with a created being."

"disguising their obstruction as jealousy. How far is this from jealousy for اللّٰه, which necessitates honoring His rights and purifying one's actions and states for Him? The knowledgeable person is jealous for اللّٰه, while the ignorant person is jealous over اللّٰه. Thus, one should not say, "I am jealous over اللّٰه," but rather, "I am jealous for اللّٰه.""

"As for the jealousy of his Beloved over him, it is His dislike that the servant's heart should turn away from loving Him to loving another, such that the other shares in his love. For this reason, God's jealousy is that a servant should do what He has forbidden him. And it is because of His jealousy, glory be to Him, that He forbade indecency, both what is outward of it and what is hidden — for creatures are His male and female slaves, and He is jealous over His handmaidens as a master is jealous over his maidservants — and to God belongs the highest likeness."

"but rather takes him as a servant for Himself, not allowing any partners to share in him, but keeping him solely for Himself and being protective of him from others. This is the highest form of jealousy. The jealousy of the servant for his Lord is also of two types: jealousy from oneself and jealousy from others. The jealousy from oneself is to ensure that none of one's actions, words, states, times, or breaths are for anyone other than the Lord."

"from turning away over turning towards, and from blameworthy traits over praiseworthy ones. This type of jealousy is specific to the noble, pure, and elevated soul. The lowly and base soul has no share in it. The degree of this jealousy corresponds to the nobility and high aspiration of the soul. Furthermore, jealousy is also of two types: the jealousy of the Almighty over His servant and the jealousy of the servant for his Lord, not over Him."

"In sum, his jealousy requires that his states, his deeds, and all his actions be for God alone. Likewise he is jealous over his moments, lest a single moment pass in anything other than the pleasure of his Beloved. This is jealousy from the side of the servant, and it is jealousy from whatever rivals him, hinders him, or cuts him off from what pleases his Beloved."

"Protective jealousy guards the heart, which in turn guards the limbs, repelling evil and obscenity. Chapter, Sins Weaken Modesty and Might Even Eradicate It The absence of protective jealousy leads to the death of the heart, which then results in the death of the limbs, leaving no defense whatsoever. The analogy of protective jealousy in the heart is like the strength that repels and fights illness."

"Likewise, it applies to those who permit oppression and tyranny for others and adorn these acts for them. Consider what the absence of protective jealousy leads to. This indicates that the essence of faith is protective jealousy and one who lacks it lacks faith. Protective jealousy guards the heart, which in turn guards the limbs, repelling evil and obscenity."

"A sound heart cannot coexist with discontent and lack of satisfaction. The more content a servant is, the sounder their heart becomes. Deceit, malice, and envy are companions of discontent, while a sound, virtuous, and sincere heart is a companion of contentment. Likewise, envy is a fruit of discontent, while a heart free from envy is a fruit of contentment."

"submission; envy bars him from accepting sincere counsel and from offering it; anger bars him from justice; and appetite bars him from devoting himself to worship. So when the pillar of pride collapses, submission becomes easy for him; when the pillar of envy collapses, accepting counsel and giving it becomes easy for him; when the pillar of anger collapses, justice and humility become easy for him; and when the pillar of appetite collapses, there become easy for him patience, chastity, and worship. And the moving of mountains from their places"

"As for the affair of Iblis: God, glory be to Him, said to the angels, "I know what you do not know." The Lord, exalted is He, knew what lay in the heart of Iblis of unbelief, pride, and envy, which the angels did not know. So when they were commanded to prostrate, there appeared what was in their hearts of obedience, love, awe, and submission, and they hastened to comply; and there appeared what was in the heart of His enemy of pride, treachery, and envy, so he refused and was arrogant, and became one of the disbelievers."