The correct way to react when we see something good in someone that we don’t have is to invoke Allah’s continued blessings on them and pray for the same for themselves. The Prophet f said, ‘If one of you sees something from his brother, or in himself, or in his wealth which impresses him, then supplicate for him to be blessed in it. Verily, the evil eye of envy is true.’80 We must never wish that the other person loses their blessing.
