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There are many sayings of the Prophet regarding envy. The Prophet said: As fire destroys fuel, so envy destroys virtues. He said: Don't envy one another, don't forsake one another, don't hate one another, don't trade over the trade of another. O the servants of God, be brothers to one another. Hazrat Anas said:
Once we were seated near the Prophet who said: Just now one of the inmates of paradise will pass by this way. It was then found that an Ansar was coming by that pathway. Abdullah-b-Omar informed him of the Prophet's saying about him and asked him for what thing he earned that rank. He said: I don't envy any Muslim for any gift on him frotn God. The Prophet said: No man escapes from three things-(l) baJV^onjecture, (2) envy and (3) evil sign. I am teaching you the meant to get rid of these things. If there is bad conjecture, don't believfcgt. When you find evil sign, don't believe it, when you hate, don't inquire about it. The Prophet said: The habits of earlier generations have attacked you envy and hatred. Hatred is sharing. I don't say that it shaves hairs but it shaves the religion. By One in whose hand there is the life of Muhammad, you will not enter paradise till you believe.
You will not believe till you love one another. Shall I not inform you what thing will establish you on it? Spread peace among you. The Prophet said: Poverty was about to come near infidelity and envy was about to overcome Taqdir. The Prophet said: The behaviors of the other nations will soon attack my people. The companions asked: What are the behaviors of other nations? He said: Pleasures and enjoyments, heedlessness, abundant wealth,

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rivalry in the world based on envy, to think one another as distant, to envy one another, to raise rebellion, and then to live in dangers and calamities. The Prophet said: Don't expressed joy at the sorrows of your brothers, perchance God may forgive him and let you down in that calamity.