Jealousy

Our grandshaykh says, "There is no jealousy in Paradise!" There is no character worse than jealousy. Iman (faith) cannot exist with jealousy. All sadness and troubles are a result of the envious. It is ugly between ordinary people, and even uglier between learned people. If there were no envy, people would be so pure as to shake hands with the angles!

Among children, the biggest will take everything for himself. When something is brought for the little ones, the older ones will try to take it away from them.

Envy is a veil over the heart. It comes between a man and his Lord. You may find jealousy among all peoples, everywhere. When a man becomes pure from envy, this veil is removed. At that moment he may look upon the Prophet (peace be upon him). It will be as if you were dreaming, but you will be awake and able to speak with him. He will appear in a spiritual body.

A sign of the end, of the last days, is envy. It is like psoriasis of the skin, leprosy. If you sit with one so afflicted, you may be affected also. That is why there are hospitals for them.

Now jealousy is spreading like fire among all people, all leaders, all learned men, even women. It is like an ocean. In it live all the bad characters. Even a single glassful of this ocean will support millions of death-causing bacteria. Iblis fell from grace for this 'hasad,' this jealousy. Cain and Abel knew all about envy. Everyone looking to another with jealousy will be thrown from Allah's mercy. As long as jealousy exists, there will be unrest in the heart.

The Teachings of Grandshaykh Abdullah Faiz ad-Daghestani
by Maulana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani

Posterd by Ermita Mangkona