After completing my dua, I had a thought -- when we (read I) pray for our own success in something (education, work, sports, love, etc.), are we indirectly praying for the downfall of others?
The way I ended up rationalizing it is that we're not praying for others to fall, but rather for our own bolandi. To be the most successful. But, that answer doesn't really satisfy me either, to be honest.
Any thoughts Alexander and AJ? (Others can chime in too).