Treatment of Envy
Ethicists have cited some treatments for this disease:
- TheenviousareprescribedofaccedingtotheethicsofIslamandcon-
sideringGodineveryactionsincethisprecludesandtrains onleaving
this vile habit. - Theenviousshouldregardthatthisillqualityisaperishingdisease
thatresultsinfallinginthisworldandfailingintheHereafter.Theenvi-
ouswillsurelyleavethishabitiftheylookcuriouslyuponthisfact.Self-
loveisoneof theinveteratehumanqualities.Manwilldefinitelyavoid
anymatterthatmaylead toexpiration.Forthe envious,whentheyes-
teemthatenvywillneverharmtheothers,theywillthinkofgivingup
this habit. - Withinthemattersthathelpinquittingenvyislookingtothosewho
areinlowerstates,sothatGod’sgracesandamenitieswillberealized.
TheProphet said,“Lookingtothe moreshouldbe followedbylooking
to the less.”.
The envious are prescribed of considering the results of envy that
brings the ill manners as well as misadventures and vices.