Envy and Arrogance
312 questions
Is the absence of suitors for a girl, despite her religious commitment, good character, beauty, a tribulation from Allah, or due to sins or envy, or is marriage a destiny unrelated to these matters?
What is the ruling of Islam regarding a wife who eats in front of her sick co-wife, who is unable to prepare food, knowing that the sick co-wife used to help in raising and serving the children when she was in good health?
What is the way to overcome feelings of frustration and self-dissatisfaction, and how can one get rid of jealousy towards a sister and the feeling of injustice due to differential treatment among children, knowing that the other children were subjected to harsh punishment from the parents?
Can a person cause others to be afflicted by the evil eye (Ayn) and envy (Hasad), even if they say "Masha'Allah" (as God willed it), due to their feeling of dissatisfaction with their life or their sense of inadequacy?
Does envy cause diseases, and what is its scientific explanation?
What is the ruling on a wife exaggerating in showing love to her husband in front of his brothers and her husband's brothers? And what should a wife do if her husband asks her to imitate these actions in front of his family and brothers?
What is the religious ruling regarding someone who practices hypocrisy at work towards their superior, and employs the method of spreading evil and tarnishing the reputation of others, and what should one do who falls under the siege of these hypocrites and feels alone and isolated; should they cut off their own livelihood or be patient and entrust their affairs to Allah?
Should we abandon investing or any good deed we are doing, for fear of envy (Hasad) and the evil eye (Ayn), or should we seek Allah's guidance (Istikhara), put our trust in Him, and proceed with it?
What should a young man do if he loved a girl and promised to marry her after her graduation, then two people came to him informing him that she is in a relationship with a professor who kisses her in his office, and she denies it and swears by the Book of Allah that she did not do that?
Is it permissible for a woman to supplicate against her husband’s family—who conspire against her with envy, jealousy, and incitement against her husband—by wishing that the husband’s family yearn to see their son (her husband) but never see him? And is this supplication considered a severance of kinship ties?
What are the Quranic surahs that are recited in the morning at the workplace to attract provision and ward off envy and the evil eye from the business?
Is it obligatory to continue spreading goodness and knowledge among colleagues despite the rejection and lack of response encountered, and what actions would increase their receptiveness?
Is the woman who strives to abandon hatred rewarded, despite the occasional presence of some hatred?
Can what I am suffering from—wasting time, rapid forgetfulness, inability to concentrate, and intense distress—be envy, especially since I used to excel? And how can I overcome forgetfulness and separate my studies from my problems?
What is the reason for the recurrence of nightmares involving jinn and demons, despite reciting the prescribed adhkar (remembrances) and Quran before sleep, and are they a result of envy (hasad) and sorcery (sihr), or do they have another implication?
Is there a medical and religious cure for obsessive-compulsive disorder that afflicts Muslims in their acts of worship, causes them to fear illness and envy, and affects their speech and memory?
Is it true that repeating the noble verse: ﴿وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ﴾ [And We adorned it for those who behold (it)] with the intention of adornment and beautification in the eyes of people, and before going out to occasions, is a prescribed act, or is it an innovation (bid‘ah)?
What is the ruling on a person saying, "O Allah, no envy," during conversation to ward off the suspicion of envy?
ما هو تفسير المعوذتين؟
How can a person protect themselves from the evil eye, especially if they unintentionally envy themselves, and what should they do if they have a good marriage prospect and fear the evil eye if they disclose the news, and should they keep their marriage news a secret for three nights, following the example of the Prophet Zechariah (peace be upon him), so as not to be afflicted by envy?
Does my belief in the evil eye, and my knowledge of certain people who are known for the evil eye, such that my house is afflicted with misfortune after their visit, enter me into the forbidden Shirk (polytheism)?
Is concealing blessings out of fear of envy contrary to His, the Almighty's, saying: "But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it]"?
How can one get rid of the feeling of envy and avoid blaming oneself for causing harm to others, especially when something bad happens to them after one has wished for the cessation of a blessing?
How can one get rid of envy (hasad) or the evil eye (ayn) that has caused a decrease in the blessings of wealth, despite observing what is lawful and unlawful (halal and haram) and honoring one's parents (birr al-walidayn)?