Does Hasad ( Destructive Envy ) Exist? What Does it Mean?

clipped from islamqa.com Hasad (destructive envy) means wishing that a blessing that Allaah has bestowed on the envied person be taken away. Allaah enjoined His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to seek refuge with Him from the evil of the envier when he envies. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):  “Say: ‘I seek refuge with (Allaah), the Lord of the daybreak, 2. ‘From the evil of what He has created, 3. ‘And from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness; (or the moon as it sets or goes away), 4. ‘And from the evil of those who practise witchcraft when they blow in the knots, 5. ‘And from the evil of the envier when he envies.’” [al-Falaq 113] Hasad is of varying degrees:  1 – When a person wants the blessing to be taken away from his Muslim brother, even if it does not come to him; rather he does not like Allaah to bless anyone else and that upsets him.