Accordingly, a Muslim is duty-bound to honor his brother’s wealth, reputation, and life, just as the Prophet ﷺ said: “The whole of a Muslim is inviolable to another Muslim—his blood, his wealth, and his honor.”
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- Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do not envy one another, do not inflate prices by trickery, do not hate one another, do not turn away from one another, and let none of you undercut the sale that his brother has already agreed upon. Be, O servants of Allah, brothers. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he does not wrong him, he does not look down on him, and he does not abandon him. Piety is here”—and he pointed to his chest three times—“It is enough evil for a person to disdain his Muslim brother. The whole of a Muslim is sacrosanct to another Muslim—his blood, his wealth, and his honor.” Related by Muslim.
“An-najsh” is to raise the price of a commodity that is being auctioned in the marketplace or the like without any intention of buying it, but only to deceive someone else; this is unlawful. “At-tadābur” is to turn away from a person, shun him, and treat him as something tossed behind one’s back.
[Commentary]
The author—may Allah have mercy on him—cites, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not envy one another,” meaning: let none of you envy another. Envy is for a person to dislike the blessing that Allah has bestowed upon someone else. For example, you dislike that Allah has granted a man wealth, children, a wife, knowledge, worship, or any other favor—whether or not you actually wish for that blessing to disappear. Some scholars, however, define envy as wishing for Allah’s blessing to be removed from