The word · The heart
الحَسَد
Hasad
Envy: wishing a blessing would leave someone, rather than wishing you had one too.
Also written · Hased · Hasd · Hasid · Haasid · Hasada · Ghibtah · Ghibta · Envy · Envious · Jealousy · Being jealous · Wishing someone loses a blessing
The meaning
What Hasad means in Islam
The Qur'an teaches seeking refuge from the evil of an envier when he envies (Qur'an 113:5). Scholars separate blameworthy hasad, which wants the gift removed, from ghibtah, which wants the same gift without wanting anyone stripped of theirs; the second is permitted and even praised. Envy arrives without permission. What is judged is whether a person acts on it or feeds it.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- 'AynThe evil eye: real harm that can follow an admiring or an envious look.العَيْن
- Qana'ahBeing satisfied with enough, so that what you do not have stops taking up room.القَنَاعَة
- ShukrGratitude that shows: knowing the gift, saying so, and using it as its Giver would like.الشُّكْر
- Husn al-ZannThinking well of people: reading an ambiguous act in the best way it can honestly be read.حُسْنُ الظَّنّ
More from The heart
- 'AfwPardon: dropping a wrong you are owed, without the other person having to earn it.العَفْو
- GhaflahHeedlessness: not the denial of the truth, but the habit of never getting round to it.الغَفْلَة
- KadhibLying: saying what you know is not so, in speech, in a hint, or in a misleading silence.الكَذِب
- NamimahCarrying words between people in a way that sets them against each other.النَّمِيمَة
- Sakha'Generosity: giving easily, before being asked, without making the receiver pay in dignity.السَّخَاء
- TamimahAn amulet worn for protection, whose ruling depends on what has been put inside it.التَّمِيمَة