What is the evil eye? I've seen this terminology been used so many
time on this webpage. Can you please explain in detail?.
Praise be to Allaah.
These follow some information and fatwas that have to do with the evil
eye. We ask Allaah to benefit readers thereby.
The scholars of the Standing Committee wereasked:
What is the definition of the evil eye? Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):
"And from the evil of the envier when he envies"
[al-Falaq 113:5]
Is the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) saheeh in which it says that "One third of those who are in the
grave are there because of the evil eye"? If a person thinks that
someone is envying him, what should the Muslim do and say? If the
person who put the evil eye on someone washes himself, will the water
he used bring healing to his victim? And should he drink the water or
wash himself with it?
They replied:
The Arabic word al-'ayn (translated as the evil eye)refers to when a
person harms another with his eye. It starts when the person likes a
thing, then his evil feelings affect it, by means of his repeated
looking at the object of his jealousy. Allaah commanded His Prophet
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to seek refuge
with Him from the envier, as He said (interpretation of the meaning):
"And from the evil of the envier when he envies"
[al-Falaq 113:5]
Everyone who puts the evil eye on another is envious, but not every
envier puts the evil eye on another. The word haasid (envier) is more
general in meaning than the word 'aa'in (one who puts the evil eye on
another), so seeking refuge with Allaah from the one who envies
includes seeking refuge with Him from the one who puts the evil eye on
another. The evil eye is like an arrow which comes from the soul of
the one who envies and the one who puts the evil eye on another
towards the one who is envied and on whom the evil eyeis put;
sometimes it hits him and sometimes it misses. If the target is
exposed and unprotected,it will affect him, but if the target is
cautious and armed, the arrow will have no effect and may even come
back on the one who launched it.
Adapted from Zaad al-Ma'aad.
There are ahaadeeth fromthe Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) which speak ofthe effects of the evil eye. For example it is
narrated in al-Saheehayn that 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with
her) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) used to tell me to recite ruqyahfor protection against the
evil eye.
Muslim, Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be
pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "The evil eye is real and if anything were to overtake
the divine decree, it would be the evil eye. When you are asked to
take a bath (to provide a cure) from the influence of the evil eye,
you should take a bath." This was classed as saheeh by al-Tirmidhi,
and also by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1251.
Imam Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi (2059, where he classed it as saheeh)
narrated that Asma' bint 'Umays said: "O Messengerof Allaah, the
children of Ja'far have been afflicted by the evil eye, shall we
recite ruqyah for them?" He said, "Yes, for if anything were to
overtake the divine decree it would be the evil eye." Classed as
saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
Abu Dawood narrated that 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her)
said: The person who had put the evil eye on another would be ordered
to do wudoo', then the person who had been afflicted would wash
himself (withthat water). This was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh Abi Dawood.
Imam Ahmad (15550), Maalik (1811), al-Nasaa'i and Ibn Hibbaan narrated
from Sahl ibn Haneef that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) came out and traveled with him towards Makkah, until they
were in the mountain pass of al-Kharaar in al-Jahfah. There Sahl ibn
Haneef did ghusl, and he was a handsome white-skinned man with
beautiful skin. 'Aamir ibn Rabee'ah, one of Banu 'Adiyy ibn Ka'b
looked at him whilst he was doing ghusl and said:"I have never seen
such beautiful skin as this, not even the skin of a virgin," and Sahl
fell to the ground. They went to Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) cameand said, "O Messenger of Allaah,
can you do anything for Sahl, becauseby Allaah he cannot raise his
head." He said, "Do you accuse anyone with regard to him?" They said,"
'Aamir ibn Rabee'ah looked at him." So the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) called 'Aamir and rebukedhim
strongly. ...
--
- - - - - - -
No comments:
Post a Comment