Is a person held accountable for hating the good of others?
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The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: That is, the issue ... what passes through a person's heart regarding hating the good of others.
The Shaykh: From whom.
The questioner: Hating the good of others, is one held accountable for that?
The student: Envy.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I fear, and I apologize, that I would agree with you in this, which would mean contradicting the one whom none of us is permitted to contradict, namely his saying (peace be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 3435Sahih (Darussalam), as long as one does not speak of it or act upon it. So if so-and-so hates so-and-so and keeps it to himself, the hadith covers him. But if another person says, "I hate so-and-so," and is asked, "Why?" and he says, "Just like that," this person is held accountable because he spoke. So his saying (peace be upon him): is comprehensive and exclusive, preventing us from saying that a person is held accountable for anything other than what the hearts have resolved upon.
Other than that?
The questioner: That is, the issue ... what passes through a person's heart regarding hating the good of others.
The Shaykh: From whom.
The questioner: Hating the good of others, is one held accountable for that?
The student: Envy.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I fear, and I apologize, that I would agree with you in this, which would mean contradicting the one whom none of us is permitted to contradict, namely his saying (peace be upon him):
Allah, the Most High, has forgiven my Ummah for whatever enters the mind, so long as it is not spoken of or put into action.
إنَّ الله تجاوز لي عن أمَّتي ما حدَّثَتْ به أنفسها ؛ ما لم تتكلَّمْ أو تعمَلْ بهAs long as they do not speak of it or act upon it.
ما لم يتكلم أو يعمل بهOther than that?
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