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| Fatwa By : |
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid |
| Language |
English |
| Reference By |
Islam Q&A |
| Addition Date |
07/09/2013 |
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How to
protect oneself against the evil eye
In the recent years I feel I have been struck with it. Allhamdullila that
allah has given me attractive features but see I don\'t want my life to be in
turmoil because of it. See not all people praise Allah for the things
they admire especially the kafirs. Is there anyway a young woman can
protect herself from the evil eye without veiling her face? Can wearing
Quranic scripture save you from the evil eye? And what about wearing necklaces
and charms in the shape of an eye or hands because I heard these can protect
you and are they Haram? My life is so much better now than before because
before I did not practice islam although I always was a muslim, so does this
mean that because I am a better Muslim the evil eye, if I was unfortunate
enough to have it hit me has disappeared from my soul or do I have to have
Quran read over me so it will leave me. How can I save and protect myself from
happening to me again?
Praise be to Allah.
You should know that hijab is obligatory, and no one has the right to choose
the rulings that they like and leave those for which they feel no inclination,
because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Enter perfectly in Islam (by obeying all the rules and
regulations of the Islamic religion) and follow not the footsteps of Shaytan
(Satan). Verily, he is to you a plain enemy” [Al-Baqarah 2:208]
Ibn Kathir said: “Allah commands His believing slaves to adhere to all the
rulings and laws of Islam, to follow all the commandments and heed all the
prohibitions.” (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 1/566).
The believing women are forbidden to show any of their beauty to non-mahrams.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“… and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like
both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or
dress like veil, gloves, head cover, apron), and to draw their veils all over
Juyoobihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal
their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s
fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers or their
brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their
sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or
old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of
feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide
of their adornment. And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers,
that you may be successful” [Al-Noor 24:31]
Obeying Allah’s command to observe hijab will protect you from the evil eye
by Allah’s Leave in this world, and will protect you from the punishment of
Allah in the Hereafter.
With regard to wearing Quranic verses or certain shapes, Imam Ahmad narrated
in his Musnad from ‘Uqbah Ibn ‘Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever wears an
amulet, may Allah not fulfil his need, and whoever wears seashells [for
protection from the evil eye] may Allah not protect him.” According to another
report, a group came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) and he accepted the bay’ah [allegiance] of nine of them, but not
from one of them. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, you accepted the bay’ah of
nine and not from this one.” He said, “He is wearing an amulet.” Then he took
it in his hand and broke it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) accepted his bay’ah. He said, “Whoever wears an amulet is guilty of
shirk.” (From Fatawa al-‘Ayn wa’l-Hasad, p. 277)
With regard to dealing with the evil eye and hasad (destructive envy), there is
no doubt that when a person is close to Allah, always remembering Him (dhikr)
and reading Quran, he is less likely to be affected by the evil eye and other
kinds of harm from the devils of mankind and the jinn. The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) used to seek refuge with Allah for himself,
and the greatest means of seeking refuge that is available to the Muslim is
reading the Book of Allah, above all the Mi’wadhatayn (the last two Soorahs of
the Quran, al-Falaq and al-Naas), Soorat Al-Fatihah and Aayat al-Kursiy
[Al-Baqarah 2:255].
Among the sahih dua’s for refuge that have been narrated from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) are:
“A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah al-taammaati min sharri maa khalaq (I seek refuge
in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of that which He has created).”
(Narrated by Muslim, al-Dhikr wa’l-Dua, 4881)
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said:
“The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to seek refuge
with Allah for al-Hasan and al-Husayn. He said: ‘Your father [i.e., Ibrahim]
used to seek refuge with Allah for Isma’eel and Ishaq with these words:
A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah al-taammah min kulli shaytaanin wa haammah wa min
kulli ‘aynin laammah (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, from every
devil and every poisonous reptile, and from every bad eye).’”(Narrated by Al-Bukhari, Ahadith al-Anbiyaa’, 3120).
With regard to the meaning of laammah (translated here as “bad”), al-Khattabi
said: “What is meant here is every disease or harm that a person may suffer
such as insanity or mental disturbance.”
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed that Jibril came to the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: “O Muhammad, are you ill?” He said,
“Yes.” He said, “Bismillaahi arqeeka min kulli shay’in yu’dheeka, min sharri
kulli nafsin aw ‘aynin haasid Allaahu yashfeek, bismillaahi arqeek (In the name
of Allah I perform ruqyah for you, from everything that is harming you, from
the evil of every soul or envious eye may Allah heal you, in the name of
Allah I perform ruqyah for you).” (Narrated by Muslim, al-Salam, 4056)
Undoubtedly, when a person persists in reciting the adhkar (dhikr) for morning
and evening, and the adhkar for going to sleep, and others, this will have a
great effect in protecting him from the evil eye, because it will be like a
stronghold for him, by Allah’s Leave. So everyone should strive to
recite these adhkar. One of the best treatments is the use of ruqyah, which
the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) permitted
for protection from the evil eye and he instructed people to use it.
It was narrated that ‘Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “The
Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded me,
or he commanded (the people) to use ruqyah to deal with the evil eye.”
(narrated by Al-Bukhari, at-Tibb, 5297)
And it was narrated that ‘Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “The
man who cast the evil eye would be commanded to do wudoo’, and then the man who
was affected would wash himself with (the water).”
(Narrated by Abu Dawood, al-Tibb, 3382. Al-Albani said, in Sahih Sunan Abi
Dawood, its isnad is sahih. No. 3282)
These are some of the dua’s and treatments which offer protection – by
Allah’s leave – from the evil eye and from destructive envy (hasad). We ask
Allah to protect us from that. And Allah knows best.
See Zad al-Ma’ad by Ibn al-Qayyim, 4/162.
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