How does blameworthy envy differ from wishing for similar good?
2026-09-20
T05 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
المقتطف
ومن أمراض القلوب الحسد، والتحقيق أن الحسد هو البغض والكراهة لما يراه من حسن حال المحسود.
وأما إذا أحب مثل حاله من غير أن يزول عنه نعمه فهذا ليس بحسد.
English translation
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Selected explanation
Among the diseases of the heart is envy. The precise understanding is that envy is hatred and dislike of the good condition one sees in the person envied.
But if someone wishes for a condition like his without his blessings being taken away, this is not envy.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 10/111–113
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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