The Condemned Envy and How to Overcome It
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The questioner:
And the Shaykh said: He mentioned it in the Friday sermon last week regarding al-Hasan and its chapters, and that it is postponed. The Shaykh mentioned that I saw a word of humanity in this topic that I did not understand its meaning, which is his saying: "No body is free from envy, but the one between whom..."
The Shaykh:
But.
The questioner:
...the one who does not know.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he conceals it, that is good. If he does not act on it and conceals it, overcoming it, that is good. But if he interacts with the envy and tries to harm the envied person and deprive him of the blessing, that is the condemned one. As for a person who finds something of envy in himself but overcomes it and does not act on it, he is rewarded, because envy may be an instinct in the soul, but the believer overcomes it and does not manifest it; this is praiseworthy. As for the one who acts on the envy, interacts with it, and harms people, that is the condemned one.
And the Shaykh said: He mentioned it in the Friday sermon last week regarding al-Hasan and its chapters, and that it is postponed. The Shaykh mentioned that I saw a word of humanity in this topic that I did not understand its meaning, which is his saying: "No body is free from envy, but the one between whom..."
The Shaykh:
But.
The questioner:
...the one who does not know.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he conceals it, that is good. If he does not act on it and conceals it, overcoming it, that is good. But if he interacts with the envy and tries to harm the envied person and deprive him of the blessing, that is the condemned one. As for a person who finds something of envy in himself but overcomes it and does not act on it, he is rewarded, because envy may be an instinct in the soul, but the believer overcomes it and does not manifest it; this is praiseworthy. As for the one who acts on the envy, interacts with it, and harms people, that is the condemned one.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب صدقة التطوع — islamhouse.com (1:17:03)
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