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Jealousy can destroy any relationship
Jealousy leads to ill'will, and causes a person to take for granted whatever he or she possesses. It creates hostility between siblings, friends, colleagues, and even spouses, and can potentially end any relationship. The halfbrothers of Yusuf (AS) resented him out of envy to such an extent that they conspired against him and brutally cast him into a well: '[The brothers said,] ‗Yusuf and his brother [Binyamin] are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error. Kill Yusuf or cast him out to some land; the countenance [i.e. attention] of your father will be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people.‘' (12:8'9)