Is it permissible to envy a disbeliever, and is he an exception to the generality of the hadith: (No envy)?
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The questioner : Shaykh, when he mentioned that he said: and mentioned ... envy, some scholars said they made an exception if the blessing is for a disbeliever... so he is an exception to that, meaning it is permissible. Is this correct?
The Shaykh : Since envy is wishing for the removal of Allah's blessing from another, the correct view is "that envy is disliking what Allah has bestowed upon another", and envy is not permissible, even for a disbeliever, because envy contains a type of objection to the divine decree and destiny, in that you dislike what Allah has bestowed upon this person. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding the will, he says it is an attribute that specifies one of the two possibilities that is decreed to occur.
The Shaykh : The possibility of occurrence, this meaning is clear: an attribute that specifies one of the two possibilities that Allah has decreed to occur, either non-existence or existence. For example, Allah willed to give life to a person, or He willed to kill a person; all of this is possible. So the will specifies either this or that. Yes.
No envy
لا حسدThe Shaykh : Since envy is wishing for the removal of Allah's blessing from another, the correct view is "that envy is disliking what Allah has bestowed upon another", and envy is not permissible, even for a disbeliever, because envy contains a type of objection to the divine decree and destiny, in that you dislike what Allah has bestowed upon this person. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding the will, he says it is an attribute that specifies one of the two possibilities that is decreed to occur.
The Shaykh : The possibility of occurrence, this meaning is clear: an attribute that specifies one of the two possibilities that Allah has decreed to occur, either non-existence or existence. For example, Allah willed to give life to a person, or He willed to kill a person; all of this is possible. So the will specifies either this or that. Yes.