Hadith on Jealousy
22 sayings
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Jealousy devours belief, like fire devours wood
Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 1, Tradition 5, page 13; Usool-e-Kafi · permalink
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 · permalink
Jealousy ruins (one's) faith just as aloe decays honey.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1109; Page No. 158 · permalink
It is quite probable that envy (evil eye) overcome fate.
Nahj al Fasahah, Tradition No. 1093, Page No. 155 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
Beware of jealousy, for it devours good deeds as fire puts out firewood.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 331; Page No. 52 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Jealousy is the worst disease.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 332; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 491 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink
Jealousy consumes faith like fire consumes dry wood.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 306, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 493 · permalink
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 · permalink
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 · permalink