Continuation of his speech on the remainder of the hadith, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): “Three things in which the heart of no Muslim man shall be envious…”

The Shaykh : Then, after this phrase, which is a supplication for mercy upon those who convey his hadith, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed [of the matter], saying that is, three characteristics that is, he does not bear grudge; from *ghul* (envy), which is grudge. It is not permissible to pronounce this verb in the active voice either. And thus, the meaning differs, meaning “betrayed.” *Aghala* means “betrayed,” and *ghala* means “envied and bore a grudge.” Then he says or that is, the heart of a Muslim man cannot find envy, grudge, or jealousy in his heart toward the Muslims if these three following characteristics are present in his heart. He said, first: Sincerity of action for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. Sincerity of action for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is a matter that does not require much explanation. We had spoken in a previous lesson that the action accepted by Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, requires two conditions. If one of them is lacking, it is not accepted by Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. One of them is that it be sincere for the Face of Allah, that the one performing this action has been sincere in it for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, seeking nothing behind it but reward in this world, or fame, or reputation, or showing off, or anything similar that contradicts the Face of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. This is the first characteristic, which, if it is present and realized in the heart of the Muslim along with the other three characteristics, he will not find in himself any grudge or envy toward his Muslim brothers. The first characteristic is action for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, sincere for Him. The second is sincere advice to the leaders of the Muslims, that is, to those who rule over them, with what Allah has legislated in the Book of Allah and in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). These leaders must be given sincere advice, and that is part of the religion, part of the completion of the religion, as in Sahih Muslim, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said They said, “For whom, O Messenger of Allah?” He said And if the Muslim is sincere to the Muslim leader who rules over them with the law of Islam, this naturally is realized in the first characteristic and the last, which is conjoined to his saying (peace be upon him) He said that is, all the Muslims other than the leaders. The religion is not only to give sincere advice to Allah, and only to His Book, and only to His Messenger, and only to the leaders of the Muslims, but also to the general body of Muslims.
So this characteristic, if it is present in the heart of the Muslim along with the first characteristic, which is sincerity of action for Allah, the second characteristic is sincerity and sincere advice to the Muslims.