کینہ (حقد)

الحقد

Hiqd is a settled resentment: anger held back when one cannot yet take revenge, which turns inward and becomes enmity, suspicion or a wish for retaliation. It differs from envy (wishing a blessing removed from another) and from anger itself, of which it is the residue. ¹ Its ruling follows its motive: resentment born of envy and rancour without right is blameworthy, and the Qur'an censures hypocrites who bite their fingertips in rage at the believers' unity. ² The saying 'the believer is not a grudge-holder' is traced by al-Iraqi to al-Fudayl ibn Iyad and not to the Prophet. ² Gifts and handshakes are named as remedies. ³ Resentment toward an oppressor who cannot be stopped, or toward an unbeliever harming Muslims, is not blameworthy; the wronged may forgive or take his right. ³