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Allah (swt). Believers should only covet each other’s piety.
The outcome of envy and unnecessary dispute among believ-
ers is explained in the Qur’an:
Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not quarrel
among yourselves, lest you lose heart and your
momentum disappears. And be steadfast. Allah is
with the steadfast. (Surat al-Anfal, 46)
The Messenger of Allah (saas) said:
“Do not be suspicious, for suspicion is the height of false-
hood. Do not bear a grudge or enmity against each other,
be jealous of each other, indulge in back-biting, pry into
each other’s secrets, try unreasonably to excel one anoth-
er, or turn your faces against each other, but, O servants
of Allah, live like brothers, as Allah has commanded.”
(Sahih Muslim)
“There is no envy except in two people: a person to
whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right
way, and a person to whom Allah has given wisdom (i.e.,
religious knowledge) and he gives his decisions according-
ly and teaches it to the others.” (Sahih al-Bukhari,
Volume 2, Book 24, Number 490)
Certainly, the concept of envy here is not hoping that some-
thing bad will happen to the one who has been blessed, but to
desire that such blessings come to oneself.
“Guard yourselves against envy for envy eats up good
deeds as fire eats up wood.” (Abu Dawud)
“Do not hate one another, be jealous of one another, or
desert each other. And, O Allah’s worshipers, be broth-
ers.” (Sahih al-Bukhari)

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