The Ruling on Envy and Its Types
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, Salih Abu Bandir from al-Kharj says: What is the ruling on envy, and is there anything desirable in it?
Answer:
Envy is of two types. Envy in the sense of *ghibtah* (envying without wishing the other to lose what they have) is when you wish that Allah would give you what He gave your brother, whether it be knowledge, wealth, or status that you can use to benefit your brothers. This is good; this is *ghibtah*, and you receive a reward equal to his reward according to your intention. As for the envy that is wishing for the blessing to be removed from the one who has it, this is a major sin among the major sins. It is a challenge to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), it is not permissible, and it consumes good deeds just as fire consumes firewood, as stated in the hadith. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Honorable Shaykh, Salih Abu Bandir from al-Kharj says: What is the ruling on envy, and is there anything desirable in it?
Answer:
Envy is of two types. Envy in the sense of *ghibtah* (envying without wishing the other to lose what they have) is when you wish that Allah would give you what He gave your brother, whether it be knowledge, wealth, or status that you can use to benefit your brothers. This is good; this is *ghibtah*, and you receive a reward equal to his reward according to your intention. As for the envy that is wishing for the blessing to be removed from the one who has it, this is a major sin among the major sins. It is a challenge to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), it is not permissible, and it consumes good deeds just as fire consumes firewood, as stated in the hadith. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (063) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-08-13] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (31:31)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.