Allah’s protective jealousy (ghayrah)

عَنْ‭ ‬أَبِي‭ ‬هُرَيْرَةَ‭ ‬ـ‭ ‬رضى‭ ‬اللّٰه‭ ‬عنه‭ ‬ـ‭ ‬عَنِ‭ ‬النَّبِيِّ‭ ‬صلّى‭ ‬اللّٰه‭ ‬عليه‭ ‬وسلّم‭ ‬أَنَّهُ‭ ‬قَالَ:‭ ‬إِنَّ‭ ‬اللّٰه‭ ‬يَغَارُ‭ ‬وَغَيْرَةُ‭ ‬اللّٰه‭ ‬أَنْ‭ ‬يَأْتِيَ‭ ‬الْمُؤْمِنُ‭ ‬مَا‭ ‬حَرَّمَ‭ ‬اللّٰه‏‏.

Hazrat Abu Hurairah^ra narrated that the Holy Prophet^sa said: “Allah has a sense of protective jealousy (ghayrah), and Allah’s ghayrah is aroused when a believer commits an act that He has prohibited.”

(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab an-nikah, Bab al-ghayrah, Hadith 5223)