Envy
الحسدḤasad — the first sin, and its cure.
From Iblis's refusal of Adam to al-Ghazali's dissection of rancor — the classical understanding of envy, why it destroys, and how to uproot it.
339 matches across the library · 36 curated below
Imam al-Ghazali
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"This is the sin of envy itself, not to mention how envy leads to discord, denial of truth, and letting loose the tongue and hand in vile acts in satisfaction from enemies."
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"If you wish for blessings to vanish from others due to envy, it is as though you wish for the blessing of faith to be taken away due to the envy of disbelievers."
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"If you desire blessings to remain with you despite others' envy, this is foolishness, as every envious person desires this special privilege."
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"In terms of religion, when you envy someone, you wrong them, especially if your envy leads you to backbite, defame, or expose their faults."
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"them. The sixth reason is envy. One might envy someone praised and honored by others, wishing for"
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"the other envious, and the other saying, if I am the most envious, my wife is thrice divorced."
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"Those I used to envy now envy me, and I became the master of all, since you became my master."
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"When they unleash envy against peers or critics, they do not see it as envy but as anger for"
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"There is a kind of jealousy that Allah Almighty detests, which is the jealousy of a man for"
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"Allah the Almighty is jealous, and so is the believer. Allah's jealousy is that a believer"
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"Embracing envy and folly, your criticism might spread the virtues of the one you envy."
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"of Sa'd? I am, by Allah, more jealous than him, and Allah is more jealous than me."
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"You envy someone for a worldly blessing and are tormented by envy in this world."
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"If she lacks religious commitment in safeguarding herself and her chastity, she may bring disgrace to her husband and tarnish his reputation, causing turmoil in his heart with jealousy, thus making his life bitter."
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"Al-Fudail expressed his unique perspective, I do not envy a sent prophet, nor a close angel, nor a righteous servant."
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"The other might harbor such arrogance, exhibitionism, envy, and malice that he becomes a laughingstock"
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"Do they not all witness the events of the day of resurrection? I only envy one who was never created."
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"those who compete compete. It is truly remarkable how envy can burden us when our peers or neighbors"
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"and becomes free, leaves envy and gains nobility, exercises patience for a short while and receives"
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"upon him, that prophet Dawud, peace be upon him, was a jealous man. When he went out, he would lock"
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"of all kinds, all-stringed instruments, cunning, deceit, gossip, rancor, severing ties of kinship,"
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"with an illicit desire, provoking one's jealousy, yet one restrains from expressing it and remains"
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"praising and respecting that person. This is the essence of envy, distinct from anger and malice,"
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"is content, and any angry, spiteful, or envious person alone does not exhibit their vile traits."
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"enemy and attribute their words to envy. However, the perceptive person does not fail to benefit"
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"Another sage remarked, I found the most sorrowful people to be the envious and the most content"
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"Yet envy, pride, and bodily desires may prevent learning, causing inner conflict and increasing"
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"I do not envy anyone who finds death easy after witnessing the severity of the prophet's death."
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"of stability. Bad qualities like anger, desire, resentment, envy, arrogance, vanity, and their"
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"Know, my brother, that they do not curse anything, nor do they harm, belittle, or envy anyone."
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"Good character fosters love, unity, and harmony, whereas bad character leads to enmity, envy,"
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"The Hadith, do not envy the wicked for their blessings is recorded by al-Bukhari, al-Tabirani"
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"bad character, arrogance, vanity, pride, boasting, obscenity, vulgarity, malice, envy, omens,"
Ibn Kathir
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"reminding him of his wrongdoing, jealousy, and envy towards his brother from his parents."
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"of the wisdom, not in objection or belittlement of Adam's progeny or envy of them, as some ignorant"
Ibn Battuta
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"it. Envy arises between the eye and the ear. Then I travelled from Marrakech with the honourable"
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