The Dirty Characteristic of Envy

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya Sadat As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Dastur Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghestani, Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

A’ūdhu bi-Llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 113:05). ‘Wa min sharri hāsidin idhā hasad’, ‘And from the evil of an envier when he envies.’ There are some people who don’t want good things to happen to others. All they are concerned about is that people don’t have goodness or beauty. Wherever there is bad news or bad event, they get happy. That is not a good characteristic. It is one of the characteristics of shaytan. It is a characteristic disliked by our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says that when a person doesn’t love his Muslim brother as much as himself, he cannot reach true ‘iman.

When something good happens to others, it will happen to you as well. If harm comes to others or poverty strikes the country, everyone will be affected. It is not like it touches others but not you. It is not only for one person, everyone will be touched. If Allah ﷻ gives beauty, goodness and ‘iman to others, everyone will benefit from it. And if otherwise, you will be harmed too. People should think about it. But when there is envy, this bad characteristic, they don’t think. They say, “If they have it. I want to have it too”. People become so blind and black-hearted. We should get rid of this characteristic. We should not put this characteristic in our hearts. We should think that the more goodness comes to people, the more goodness will come to us.

When something bad happens, it is not smart to be happy about it. We should be happy for good things. When there is a good thing, we should make Shukr to Allah ﷻ and be happy, for it is good for Islam and Muslims. Shaytan and his friends, those who love him don’t like goodness. They wish badness to people. Allah ﷻ loves goodness and beauty. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ loves that also. And their enemy, the shaytan loves the opposite. He wishes poverty to people, badness and all kinds of suffering in this world. And he wants to finish people’s Akhirah.

Therefore, these characteristics should change. It is more frequent among Muslims. Why? Because others are followers of shaytan and are already out of the way. It makes no difference for them. They do all kinds of evil. They have all kinds of bad characteristics. No need to deal with them. The shaytan has already trained them. They’ve become more harmful creatures than shaytan himself. Therefore, if people have something in their hearts, they should clean it and take it out of their hearts.

May Allah ﷻ help us and protect us from envy. The harm from envy comes to its bearer first. It is said, “! ”, “Oh how fair envy is! It starts with its bearer and kills him.” Envy is very just. There is such a beautiful justice in envy that it starts with the bearer and kills him at last. An envious person doesn’t get the taste of the world nor sees its beauty. He is blind. And he kills himself because of his greed. May Allah ﷻ protect us from this dirty characteristic of shaytan. It is the worst characteristic. May Allah ﷻ protect us all from envy and envious people insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 3 October 2021/26 Safar 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah