Yasir Qadhi – Evils of Envy (Hasad)

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			many Mina most Nene Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala ala alihi wa sahbihi wa ala
Hammerberg. In the famous Hadith that we're all aware of our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
said, I warn you against jealousy against envy, because envy gobbles up or eats up your good deeds
like a fire, eats up or devours twigs. Now, the topic of envy has been disgusted a lot that football
has a lot to do ruse, I wanted to just mention one very dangerous reality about envy. And that is
that, generally speaking, an emotion that exists in our heart or in our minds, is forgiven by Allah
overlooked. Generally speaking the norm. If you feel something, or imagine something, law, you can
		

			live for long enough Scintilla, Wasaga, if you imagine I will do Billa drinking or drugs are
something you desire, which you don't act upon it, generally speaking, overlooked, you're not going
to be held accountable and good to daydream. But you're not going to be held accountable. Anger, if
you feel angry at somebody, but you don't act upon it. You're not You're not liable, you're not
you're not going to be punished. But that is not the case when it comes to envy. One of the very
rare exceptions to this rule, even envy that is not acted upon is sinful. The mere existence inside
of your soul is sinful. And our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam compared it to a burning fire.
		

			That gobbles up your good deeds, and it's just there, you're not even acting upon it. If you were to
act, that is another sin. And that is another liability. The mere existence of envy in your hearts
is a sin.
		

			Why?
		

			Why for envy, there is this exception. And for other, let's say anger, that doesn't exist. The
reason is indeed very simple and yet profound. Let's use it with anger to contrast, okay? Because
again, there's so much examples to be given anger versus envy. When you're angry at somebody, you
are angry because of an injustice that has been done to you. That's why you're angry, okay? Somebody
stole your money. Somebody cheated you out of something. Somebody said something they shouldn't have
done. So you're angry. If you walk up your anger, control your anger and it's in your heart, you're
not sinful. You are not sinful for the presence of anger, because it is a legitimate emotion for
		

			some injustice that has been done to you. That's the default of anger. Okay, somebody did something
that irritated you. You have a right to be angry, but you have to control that anger. Okay,
jealousy.
		

			Why are you jealous?
		

			Why are you envious? What has that person done to you? That you are envious of his rank, his job,
his position, his status, his car, his house, whatever it might be or his you know, handsomeness or
beauty? What has that person done? That you are obsessed with the other person? You understand the
difference here? Envy is coming from an egotistical, narcissistic will reality Me, myself and I, why
does he have it and not me? And that is arrogance. The pinnacle of arrogance is bliss. Why him and
not me? Whereas anger is a legitimate response to an injustice done to why did he steal my money?
I'm angry? I do. Yeah, you have the right to be angry, right, but don't act upon it within the
		

			confines of their shitty ah, and that's why the mere presence of envy is itself sinful. Why? Because
envy, in reality is a weakness of belief in Allah's Kadar
		

			whereas anger is not the same. You are angry is something done to you. Whereas envy is a rejection
if you like a home Jaco Simona. robic, are they in charge of Allah's decision? who gets what?
Because when you are envious, you are basically saying, why did he get it? I should have gotten it
and who decides who gets what Allah is the result and The Hobbit and The Boss. So we have to be
super careful. Very briefly, how do we know our heart is envious? There are a number of symptoms.
I'll give you three of them. Number one, when you find yourself thinking negative thoughts about the
other person
		

			for no reason, nothing is done to you. You have something in your heart about another person, and
they haven't even done anything to you. And you're still thinking obsessed. Why the why this wider?
The very fact you are thinking about a person that hasn't been involved in your life in a negative
manner indicates the problem is you not the other person. Number two, when you rejoice at the
misfortune of your brother, and he hasn't done anything to you, this is envy, you're happy, or we
will add that he was in an accident with a biller. To Biller, your heart feels that sense of
happiness, he didn't get the promotion, what difference does it make to you, it's not your business
		

			or life, he didn't harm you do anything, you feel happiness at the misfortune of your brother. And
number three, you feel your heart and pain at the happiness of your brother, this was also envy, he
gets the promotion and you go home sad, he gets the job, he gets the career, he gets the whatever,
and you're sad, it's not affecting you, your life is still the same. But for you to feel that pain
at the happiness of a fellow Muslim who hasn't done any voting to you. In reality, this is a symptom
of your own disease. So these are three simple symptoms. Number one, you're obsessed about a person
and that person hasn't harmed you. Number two, you're happy at the misfortune of that person. Number
		

			three, you're sad at the happiness of that person. These are symptoms of envy, the last point today,
what do we do to combat envy? What do we do to make sure we are not envious number of things. And
here's the interesting point. And v is all internal. It's a jihad within ourselves against
ourselves. It's a jihad of one part of our soul against another part of our soul, right? Because the
problem of envy, dear brothers and sisters, is that we are envious of those whom we interact with.
We are not envious of strangers. None of us in this audience is envious of Jeff Bezos, whatever his
name is Bill Gates, right? These are strangers. I bet you the cousins of Bezos and Bill Gates,
		

			right? I bet you the high school friends, the people they went to college with, they're the ones
this is the reality. Who are we envious of the ones we interact with our cousins, our friends, our
circle? That's shaytaan scum. It destroys the bonds of brotherhood, of cousin hood of family of kith
and kin of society. So how do we combat and V again, time is limited, some simple points. Number
one, we monitor our heart. If these symptoms come, you are in trouble, not the other person. You are
liable in front of Allah, you have to monitor your heart. Number two, it will tell him and others
mentioned constant Tilawat of the Quran, because the Quran cleanses the heart. It's like the system
		

			that purifies right, the cleansing water that comes constantly now of the Quran, and vicar. This
makes your heart pure. And then number three, our scholars mentioned, one of the ways to combat envy
is to make dua for the person, force yourself, force yourself that person you're envious of raise
your hands up and say Oh Allah, bless him with more wealth of Allah make him even more successful.
When you make that dua. You are. This is the jihad against your envy. Your own soul is conquering
the other part of your soul. You're raising the good side, you're saying Oh Allah, let me see my
brother happy. And then you realize when you do that, what's going to happen? The angel will come
		

			and say, May you get the same as well, and you're allowed to be selfish, you're allowed to make dua
for your brother in order that it comes back on you. Because that's the whole point of telling us
this incentive, nothing wrong with that. We make dua for the other one, knowing that when we make
dua for him sincerely, the more sincere you are for him, the more sincere that it will come back
upon you. So these are three simple ways of monitoring the symptoms, being very careful of this.
Number two, constantly doing vicar and DUA and it's the either seek Allah's refuge from envy and
cleansing of the heart. Ask Allah for Caleb Salim as Ibrahim Ali Hassan said that ask Allah for
		

			Caleb Salim, or pure heart and then number three that you make dua for the person. There are other
things as well. You say mashallah Tabata cola and other things that can be added to this as well.
The point is, dear Muslims monitor our hearts for envy. We're all possibly susceptible to envy. It's
a human emotion. We have to constantly be on our guard for being envious, especially of our friends
and families, especially of our own societies and communities. And we turn to Allah in refuge and
ask Allah for calm and serene, and inshallah we will continue as our Kamala Harris and I'm going to
call him to let him touch