FIRST REMINDER. Tuesday. 11th day of SAFAR. ENVY AND HATRED ARE THE DESTROYERS OF OUR GOOD DEEDS. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Envy (hasad) is a spiritual disease that is the root of numerous sins. It is incompatible with true faith and it has the capacity to nullify a person’s good deeds. A Muslim cannot achieve a pure heart until it is emptied of all envy, hatred, and malice. The definition of envy is that it is a desire to see someone harmed in something with which Allah has blessed them. The person who envies is, in reality, displeased with the way Allah has distributed HIS blessings. Allah says: أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَىٰ مَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ Or do they envy people for what Allah has given them of his bounty? Quran 4:54. Imam An-Nawawi wrote in one of his books that: الحسد هو تمني زوال النعمة عن صاحبها سواء كانت نعمة دين أو دنيا Envy is the desire for someone who has a blessing to be deprived of it, whether it is a religious or worldly blessing.̣ The one who envies has become displeased with the decree of Allah the Exalted, so he hates that Allah has blessed his servants. Envy in this sense is directly related to the desire to harm, to nurture malicious hatred against the person that is envied. Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah writes: وَالتَّحْقِيقُ أَنَّ الْحَسَدَ هُوَ الْبُغْضُ وَالْكَرَاهَةُ لِمَا يَرَاهُ مِنْ حُسْنِ حَالِ الْمَحْسُودِ The reality of envy is that it is the hatred and contempt a person feels when seeing the good condition of the one who is envied. Majmū’ Fatāwá 10/111. To be continued in shaa Allah. May ALLAH protect us from this satanic influences directly or indirectly. Aameen.