Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:
“If
one of you look at someone who has been blessed with more wealth and beauty
than he has, then let him look at one who has been given less.”
[Saheeh
Muslim, Kitāb Az-Zuhd wa Ar-Raqāiq no.2963]
Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Alee
ibn Aadam al-Ethopiee رحمه الله said in his explanation of the above hadeeth:
“In this (hadeeth) is a clarification that it is a must for the servant to always be grateful for the blessings Allaah تعالى has bestowed him with and he should not look towards the one who has more than him and the one who has been blessed with more blessings than him. For indeed, Allaah عز وجل is the One Who allocates and apportions the provisions and sustenance in accordance to His complete and perfect wisdom. It is not befitting for the servant to look to others, that is because it will lead him to belittling and not valuing what Allaah تعالىhas given him in accordance to His complete and perfect wisdom, and His just judgment, and Allaah تعالى says:
“And perhaps you
dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad
for you. And Allaah knows but you do not know.”(2:216)
And He The Most High
said:
“And perhaps you
dislike a thing and Allaah makes therein much good.”(4:19)
[Al-Bahr al-Muheet
ath-Thajjaj sharh Saheeh al-Imām Muslim ibn al-Hajjāj, vol.45, pg.78, Dār ibn
al-Jawzee print, 1st edition]
Translated by Markaz
Muaadh Ibn Jabal Islamic Centre
19 March 2019 //
5:31AM
