Hatred

In itself, hatred is not necessarily negative. It is commendable to hate corruption, evil, disbelief, murder, lewdness, and anything else that God has exposed as despicable. The Prophet(s) never disliked things because of their essences, but because of what they manifested.

Hatred or strong dislike of a person for no legitimate reason is the disease of bughd. The Prophet(s) once said to his Companions, "Do you want to see a man of Paradise?" A man then passed by and the Prophet(s) said, "That man is one of the people of Paradise." So a companion watched the man closely for some time, and he seemed an average man of Madinah. Finally he told the man what the Prophet(s) had said about him, and asked him what he did that was special. The man replied "The only thing I can think of, other than what everybody else does, is that I make sure that I never sleep with any rancor in my heart towards another." That was his secret.

The cure for hatred is straightforward. One should pray for the person towards whom he feels hatred, making specific supplications mentioning this person by name, asking God to give this person good things in this life and the next. When one does this with sincerity, hearts mend.