Tuesday, September 14, 2010

"Love for the people what you love for yourself"

Messenger of Allah S.A.W.S. said
"Love for the people what you love for yourself and you will be a believer."
(Sunan Ibn Majah)

"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."
[Sahîh al-Bukhârî]


Commentary:
This is a stern warning against envy. Envy is the very antithesis of what the hadith is discussing, since an envious person loathes that anyone else should excel him in goodness or even equal him.
Al-Nawawî defines envy as: "… to desire for someone who enjoys a blessing to become bereft of it, regardless of whether that blessing is of a religious or worldly nature."

The Prophet S.A.W.S. warned against the ill consequences of envy upon the envier, saying: "Beware of envy, for indeed envy consumes one's good deeds like fire consumes wood." [Sunan Abî Dâwûd]

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