From Ibn Mas’ood (radhiyallah hu ‘anhu) who said that Allah’s Messenger, Muhammad pbuh said:
“There is to be no envy (meaning that one whishes to have these two qualities but does not hope that the person possessing them loses them) except with regard to two: A man whom Allah has given wealth which he strives to spend righteously, and a man to whom Allah has given the Wisdom (i.e. the Quran) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others”
(Hadith reported by Bukhari and Muslim)
If he were to have envy of the people he would hope for their downfall in order to satisfy the pride that he has in himself, his vanity and the conceitedness of his mind. So he (the Muslim) knows that envy is a dangerous disease and a harmful evil and therefore keeps away from it.
As for the envy which is accepted from that which is sinful, then it is envy which does not cause the person to be afflicted by the sickness of wishing for that blessing to leave the other person. Rather he supplicates to his Lord, the One free from all imperfections, for his brother: that Allah should protect him, and for himself; that Allah should make him like him. As for that which is at variance with this, then it is blameworthy and to be condemned. So this emphasizes the fact that the Muslim is one who is Following and Applying Divine Guidance.
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