The Levels of Envy
1. From them is the one who exerts effort to remove the blessings of the person who is envied by way of transgression upon him with statements and actions. Then from these people are those who exert themselves in an effort to acquire what has been removed from the person against who was transgressed.
2. From them is the one who restricts his efforts to removing the blessings of the person who he envies without acquiring anything from him. This is the more evil and despicable of the two. This blameworthy evil is prohibited.
3. Another group from amongst the people, if they happen to envy another person, they do not act in accordance with their envy. These people do not transgress against the person who is envied by the way of their statements or actions.
4. Another group of people, if they find within themselves envy, they strive hard to remove it with kindness to the one whom they have envied by initiating goodness towards him and supplicating for him, and spreading news of his good qualities. They do all of this in an effort to remove what they found in themselves of envy until this envy eventually changes because of their desire to be a better Muslim. This is from the highest degrees of belief and the possessor of this is a complete believer who loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
Umm 'Abdillah al-Waadi'iyyah
Naseehatee Lin Nisaa- My Advice to the Women
Pgs 250-251
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