What is the praiseworthy jealousy and the blameworthy jealousy?

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The questioner : Regarding the hadith of Jabir ibn 'Ukaym that you mentioned in *Al-Irwaa'*, which is graded as *hasan* and is marfu' to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), where he says:

Indeed, some jealousy is what Allah loves, and some is what Allah hates. And indeed, some boasting is what Allah loves, and some is what Allah dislikes. As for the jealousy that Allah loves, it is jealousy in the case of suspicion. And as for what He dislikes, it is jealousy in the absence of suspicion.

إن من الغيرة ما يحب الله وإن منها ما يبغض الله ، و إن من الخيلاء ما يحب الله و إن منه ما يكره الله وأما الغيرة التي يحبها الله الغيرة في الريبة وأما ما يكره الغيرة في غير الريبة

Now, please clarify the linguistic meaning within the meaning of the hadith itself so that the benefit from it may be widespread, and may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh :

...and some is what Allah hates. And indeed, some boasting is what Allah loves, and some is what Allah hates. As for the jealousy that Allah loves, it is jealousy in the case of suspicion. And as for the jealousy that Allah hates, it is jealousy in the absence of suspicion. As for the boasting that Allah loves, it is the man's boasting in battle and his boasting in giving charity. And as for the boasting that Allah hates, it is the man's boasting in transgression and pride.

... ومنها ما يبغض الله وإن من الخيلاء ما يحب الله ومنها ما يبغض الله فأما الغيرة التي يحبها الله فالغيرة في الريبة وأما الغيرة التي يبغض الله فالغيرة في غير الريبة وأما الخيلاء التي يحبها الله فاختيال الرجل في القتال واختياله عند الصدقة وأما الخيلاء التي يبغض الله فاختيال الرجل في البغي والفخر

So, what is your question now?

The questioner : Clarifying the meaning of *raybah* (suspicion) and explaining what jealousy means for a husband with his wife?

The Shaykh : All right, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

There is jealousy which Allah loves and jealousy which Allah hates

إن من الغيرة ما يحب الله ومنها ما يبغض الله ...

Sunan Abi Dawud 2659Hasan (Al-Albani)

So jealousy is of two types with Allah: one is beloved and the other is hated or detested. Likewise, *khiyalah* (boasting) is of two types: one is beloved to Allah and the other is detested to Allah. Then the Messenger (peace be upon him) explains the beloved from the detested, saying:

That which Allah loves is jealousy regarding a matter of doubt

فأما الغيرة التي يحبها الله فالغيرة في الريبة

Sunan Abi Dawud 2659Hasan (Al-Albani)

That is, *raybah* is doubt. A person doubts about some of his household, some of his wives, some of his daughters. He doubts that perhaps she spoke to someone in a non-Shari'ah manner, perhaps someone knocked on her door. Perhaps the one who has the suspicion has no proof, but due to the intensity of his jealousy, he suspects: perhaps it is so, perhaps it is so, perhaps it is so. This is the jealousy that Allah loves because it indicates that this one who is jealous over his household at the slightest suspicion that arises in his heart does not possess the quality of *diyathah*, which means that he does not care about his household. So this one is jealous over his household at the slightest doubt, suspicion, or *raybah* that arises in his heart regarding his household. Is this clear up to here? And the opposite is the opposite: our Lord hates jealousy without *raybah* because here there is nothing that necessitates that he be jealous, whereas in that case, a cause was found that is beloved to Allah for him to be jealous. So it is clear what the beloved jealousy is and what the detested jealousy is. All right, shall I continue for you?

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