it is said that ziyad ibn abihi said to harqah bint alnuman tell me about your situation. she said if you wish be brief and if you wish explain. so he said to her be brief. she said we spent the night being envied and in the morning we were pitied. so ziyad proposed to her while she was in a convent of hers. she uncovered her head and behold it was a shaved head. she said is the head of a bride as you see o ziyad? and he gave her dinars so she took them and said may a hand that became poor after being rich reward you and may a hand that became rich after being poor reward you! we do not know of anything that has been mentioned about envy more than a hadith narrated from the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace there is no envy except in two cases a man to whom god has given the memorization of the quran and he recites it.
ويقال إن زياد بن أبيه قال لحرقة ابنة النعمان أخبريني بحالكم. قالت إن شئت أجملت وإن شئت فسرت. فقال لها أجملي. فقالت بتنا نحسد، وأصبحنا نرحم . فخطبها زياد وكانت في دير لها فكشفت عن رأسها، فإذا رأس محلوق، فقالت أرأس عروس كما ترى يا زياد؟ وأعطاها دنانير فأخذتها وقالت جزتك يد افتقرت بعد غنى، ولا جزتك يد استغنت بعد فقر! ولا نعلم الحسد جاء فيه شيء أكثر من حديث روي عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لا حسد إلا في اثنتين رجل آتاه الله حفظ القرآن فهو يقوم به