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LaSorcia
On a different note, should we look at someone worse off than us and feel glad we're not them? That's just as bad! Maybe worse, I don't know. Because it implies a lack of compassion and empathy.
I do look at people worse off than me. I never feel glad I am not them, but I do feel every so sorry for them. For example, someone in a wheelchair or an amputee, a refugee, someone in a warzone. I don't do it in a degrading way but I feel blessed I am not in their situation.
I know I have ignorant neighbours and they drive me mad, and I am sure I come across like an ungrateful sod in the topics I have created over the years, but until they started making my life complete hell, I was so happy and grateful to Allah for all the things he blessed me with.