The Seven Deadly Sins Series - Part 1, Envy/Jealousy
In this series, we will take a look at the seven deadly sins split into their own blog, to briefly dissect their meaning, harms and what Allah and Ahlul Bayt(as) have to say regarding them. Many faiths, including that of the major Abrahamic faiths, being Islam, Christianity and Judaism, all share the same view regarding the seven deadly sins, otherwise knows as the capital vices. Although in Islam, we have what is known as the "Greater Sins/Major Sins", one thing for sure, this we all share a common view. In today's blog, we will briefly touch on Envy and attempt to understand it a little further so that we may know how to identify it, and how to stay away from it. The first question we must ask is, what is envy? According to the dictionary, Envy means "A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else possessions, qualities or luck". Basically that is to say, one is not satisfied with what they have and further to this, they desp...