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9 Rabi al-Thani 1448Maghrib

Hadith

Jealousy

22 sayings

  1. Ibne Abbas (r.a.)

    Jealousy devours belief, like fire devours wood

    Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 1, Tradition 5, page 13; Usool-e-Kafi link

  2. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    Jealousy eats away good deeds just as fire eats away firewood, and charity puts out (the flames of) sins just as water puts out fire.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1108; Page No. 158 link

  3. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    Jealousy ruins (one's) faith just as aloe decays honey.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1109; Page No. 158 link

  4. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    It is quite probable that envy (evil eye) overcome fate.

    Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1093, Page No. 155 link

  5. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    Do not be jealous, do not raise prices(in business bargains), do not hate one another, and do not turn your backs to each other.Be brothers to God's servants, do not find fault with, admire or speak ironically to others.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 471; Page No. 69 link

  6. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    All sons of Adam are jealous, and a person's jealousy will not be harmful unless (s(he expresses it or puts it into action.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 183; Page No. 33 link

  7. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    Beware of jealousy, for it devours good deeds as fire puts out firewood.

    Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 331; Page No. 52 link

  8. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    The jealous one sees a loss for the one he is jealous of as a gain for himself.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1832; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 492 link

  9. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    Allah, Mighty and Exalted, said to Moses son of Amran (AS) [known in the Arabic tradition as `Aimran], 'Verily the jealous is discontented with My bounties, and wards off the shares I have apportioned to My servants.

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 307, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 491 link

  10. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    Jealousy is the spirit's imprisonment.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 372; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 491 link

  11. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    Jealousy is the worst disease.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 332; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 491 link

  12. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    The chief of vices is jealousy.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5242; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 491 link

  13. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    How capable jealousy is! And how just it is, that it starts off with its perpetrator and ends up killing him!

    Sharhe Nahj al-Balagha by Abi al-Hadid, v. 1, p. 316; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 491 link

  14. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    The fruit of jealousy is the misery of this world and the Hereafter.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4632; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 492 link

  15. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    I have not seen a wrong-doer resemble a wronged person more than the jealous one: he has an exhausted spirit, a wandering heart, and an inherent sorrow.

    Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 256, no. 29; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 492 link

  16. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    That which he suffers is [torment] enough for the jealous one.

    Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 12, p. 17, no. 13388; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 492 link

  17. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    The jealous one has many regrets, and his vices are manifold.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1520; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 492 link

  18. Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said

    The jealous one can never rule.

    Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1017; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 492 link

  19. The Holy Prophet [s] said

    Seek the assistance of secrecy in fulfilling your needs, for every prosperous person is envied.

    Sharhe Nahj al-Balagha by Abi al-Hadid, v. 1, p. 316; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 492 link

  20. Imam Baqir [a] said

    Jealousy consumes faith like fire consumes dry wood.

    al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 306, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 493 link

  21. Imam Sadiq (as.) said

    Beware of being jealous of one another, for the origin of disbelief is jealousy.

    al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 8, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 493 link

  22. Imam Sadiq (as.) said

    Luqman told his son, 'There are three signs of the jealous person: he backbites someone in his absence, flatters him in his presence, and rejoices at the misery of others.

    al-Khisal, p. 121, no. 113; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 493 link

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