Ghibbat- Part IX
Last
week I told you about my own experience, and I also gave you the
example of those who are sincere in their joy and desire to do
similar work as that of their brother and this is not jealousy. And I
have also explained to you about those who are jealous by citing a
Hadith of Nabi Kareem (pbuh) which is found in the compilations of
Hadiths of Muslim and Bukhari, in chapter Kitab-ul-Adab
and reported by Hazrat Abu Huraira (ra).
So
if a person has [If you have] this contentment [pleasure for others’
success & joy] in him [in you], then while thanking Allah (swt)
you should benefit from this joy, and the advantage that is mentioned
here is that you have to compete with others in good deeds, in good
works. And it is as a result of this desire which has been created
that it has been said that if you find some good in someone, then try
to surpass him in this good action. This is not forbidden, but
jealousy means that you seek to change one’s beauties into evil,
into bad deeds. It is nowhere mentioned that human nature is bad. No!
Because it is the creation of Allah. If man (human) uses his nature
correctly according to the situations that arise, this is what we
call high and excellent qualities, admirable qualities, and good
actions.
So,
there is the desire to exceed a person, but it should be done only in
the accomplishment of good deeds [Fastabikul
Khairaat], but you should not do this
by changing his good qualities into bad qualities [by portraying his
good deeds as bad deeds], or you seek such defects in him that he
does not even have, or you seek his weaknesses [such weaknesses that
he indeed has] and you spread this news everywhere. So when you do
all this, you do it because of jealousy and the Quran does not give
you permission to do this at all.
Then
it has been said not to develop enmity, and like I just openly said
that it is because of certain animosity that jealousy is created.