MALICIOUS simply mean Hurting people. Keeping malice within a group, society, organization and country can actually deter progress in that particular place. People keep malice due to several reasons and can occur between brother and sister, husband and wife, mother and her child, between friends and so on.
Why do people keep malice?
There are people who keep malice without any reason. He/she will just hate the other person without any reason and keeping malice usually start from hatred because you can never hurt the person you like. Hatred is the beginning of doing harm. You will hear " I just hate this man/woman naturally"
Why should you hate and hurt people without doing anything even if the person do something wrong and later apologize, you should forgive and forget. We are humans and we are born to make mistake..
Progress within the place of work.
Staff or workers in an organization, office, Company , School and others usually keep malice among themselves. This can occur due to the progress of one compare to others. And they usually go to the extent of bringing the person down in all ways.
Also, within the family, a brother who is less blessed with wealth compare to his younger one will be keeping malice of his brother. This habit is very bad as it can lead to destruction.
What's the religious view about keeping malice?
Islam lay more enphasized on keeping malice, Islam explain to us that we should beware of hatred, malice, and the intention of doing harm to others. They are spiritual diseases of the heart whose consequences are destructive to the community, individual, Society, Organization and the religion.
The Messenger of God says
Do not keep malice of each other nor hate each other. Do not envy each other nor turn away from each other, but rather be servants of God as brothers.
Please let us avoid keeping malice, it usually lead to destruction.
Thanks