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In the famous Hadith that we're all aware of our Prophet ﷺ said,

I warn you against jealousy against envy because envy gobbles up or eats up your

good deeds like a fire eats up or devours twigs. Now the topic of envy has been

discussed in a lot of Khutbahs, a lot of the ruse. I wanted to just mention one very dangerous

reality about envy. And that is that generally speaking an emotion that exists in our heart or

in our minds is forgiven by Allah, overlooked. Generally speaking the norm if you feel something

or imagine something, la yukallifu Allahunafsan illa wa s-sahaha. If you imagine A'udu Billah

drinking or drugs or something you desire which you don't act upon it. Generally speaking

overlooked you're not going to be held accountable. It's not good today dream but you're not

liable. You're not going to be punished but that is not the case when it comes to envy.

One of the very rare exceptions to this rule, even envy that is not acted upon is sinful.

The mere existence inside of your soul is sinful. And our Prophet ﷺ compared it to a burning

fire that gobbles up your good deeds and is just there. You're not even acting upon it.

If you were to act that is another sin and that is another liability. The mere existence of envy

in your hearts is a sin. Why? Why for envy there is this exception and for other let's say anger

that doesn't exist. The reason is indeed very simple and yet profound. Let's use it with anger

to contrast. Because again there's so much examples to be given, anger versus envy. When you're

angry at somebody you are angry because of an injustice that has been done to you. That's why

you're angry. Somebody stole your money. Somebody cheated you out of something. Somebody said

something they shouldn't have done. So you're angry. If you walk up your anger, control your anger

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