they be indebted to him and subject to his restrictions, and for other such reasons.
Allah Most High says:
“Many of the People of the Book wish they could turn you back to disbelief after you have believed, out of envy within themselves, even after the truth has become clear to them.”
Surah al-Baqarah, 109.
And He says concerning the hypocrites:
“They wish you would disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you would be alike.”
Surah al-Nisā’, 89.
ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “The adulteress wishes that all women would commit adultery.”
They may desire others to join them in the very same wrongdoing, such as drinking wine together, lying, or sharing a corrupt belief. They may also desire participation of the second type, as when an adulterer wishes that someone else would commit adultery, or a thief wishes that someone else would steal—but with a different person from the one with whom he committed adultery, or taking something other than the particular thing he stole.
As for the second motive, they may order a person to join them in what they are engaged in