Waswaas (Satanic Whispers) About the Evil Eye

If a person admires something and mentionsAllaah, can he harm it by
the evil eye?
If someone is uncertain about that and this is causing a lot of
problems in his social life, and he is afraid to look at things and
people, knowing that hedoes not envy people (hasad) for the things
that they have, and he does not want to harm anyone, by Allaah, and he
reads Qur'aan and remembers Allaah all thetime.
I hope that you can help to relieve this distress from your Muslim
brother. May Allaah reward you with good.
Praise be to Allaah.
I ask Allaah to relieve your distress and take away your sorrow.
It should be noted that Islam does not bring anyhardship. Rather one
of the most important aims of sharee'ah (Islamic law)is to relieve
people of hardship.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Allaah does not want toplace you in difficulty"
[5:6]
It is not permissible for aMuslim to listen to the shaytaan and let
him fill his life with doubts, waswaas and paranoia, for if he does
that he will lose out in this world and will not gain anything in the
Hereafter. Such whispers(waswaas) are merely tricks of the accursed
Shaytaan who wants to cause grief for those who believe. And Allaah is
the best of protectors and the most merciful of those who show mercy.
What you must do is put a stop to all these whispers, and not pay any
attention to bad thoughts. It is sufficient for you to say the dhikr
(words of remembrance)that is prescribed in sharee'ah when you see
something good, and Allaah will protect it against the evil eye and
destructive envy (hasad).Remembrance of Allaah (dhikr) and the evil
eye or envy cannot coexist.
It was narrated from AbuUmaamah ibn Sahl ibn Haneef that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Why don't you
invoke blessings, for the evil eye is real."
Narrated by Maalik in al-Muwatta'; classed as saheeh (authentic) by
al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah.
Al-Zarqaani said in Sharhal-Muwatta' (4/320): i.e., why don't you say,
Baarak Allaahu feek (May Allaah bless you), and that would cancel out
what is feared of theevil eye and take away its effects. End quote.
It was narrated from 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Aamir ibn Rabee'ah from his
father (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "If one of you sees
in himself or his brother something that he likes, let him pray for
blessings, for the evil eyeis real."
Narrated by al-Haakim inal-Mustadrak. He said: This is a hadeeth whose
isnaad (chain of narrators) is saheeh, although they (al-Bukhaari and
Muslim)did not narrate it with any mention of invokingblessing. And
al-Dhahabi agreed with him. It was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh al-Jaami.
It says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (13/31).
This indicates that the evil eye cannot cause any harm if the one
whomay harm with the evil eye invokes blessings. What is prescribed
for everyone who admires something is to invoke blessings, for if he
prays for blessings, the harm must inevitably be diverted. Invoking
blessings means to say: Tabaarak Allaah ahsan al-khaaliqeen,
Allaahummah baarik fihi(Blessed be Allaah the best of creators, O
Allaah bless it).
Al-Nawawi said: It is mustahabb (desirable) for the one who may harm
with the evil eye topray the blessing for the one who may be harmedand
say Allaahumma baarik wa laa tadurrahu (O Allaah bless and do not harm
him) and Ma sha Allaah laa quwwata illa Billaah (As Allaah wills,
there is no power except with Allaah). End quote.
Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Baari (10/205):
The one who admires something should hasten to pray that the thing he
admires be blessed, and that will be a ruqyah (incantation) on his
part. End quote.
In Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah (1/547) it says:
The remedy for the one who may cause harm with the evil eye when he
sees something he admires is to remember Allaah and invoke blessing.
End quote.
Shaykh al-Fawzan said inal-Muntaqa (1/question no. 87):
If the one who may cause harm with the evil eye fears that he may harm
the thing he is looking at, then he should say: Allaahumma baarik
'alayhi (O Allaah, bless it). Similarly it is mustahabb for him to
say: Ma sha Allaah laa quwwata illa Billaah (As Allaah wills, there is
no power except with Allaah), because it was narrated from Hishaam ibn
'Urwah from his father that when he sawa thing that he liked or he
entered one of his gardens, he would say: Ma sha Allaah laa quwwata
illa Billaah (As Allaah wills, there is no power except with Allaah).
If the one who may cause harm with the evil eye always says this
dhikr, then he will ward off its harm, in sha Allaah.
It says in Fataawa al-Shaykh 'Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr (5):
The Muslim should not let doubts, illusions, suspicion and excessive
fear of the evil eye overwhelm him so much that he becomes afflicted
with psychological illness and the like. He should think positively of
Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, and understand that whatever
befalls him only happens by thewill of Allaah, may He be blessed and
exalted. So let him turn to Allaah, because He alone is able to ward
off harm and relieve distress. End quote.
If you see something that you like, then pray to Allaah for blessing,
and do not pay attentionto anything else. Allaah will protect it
because ofyour du'aa' (supplication), and will ward off all harm from
it. Do not let yourself keep on fearing it, for Allaah does not want
that for His slaves. Also keep striving to make yourself see the will
of Allaah in all things, for He has great wisdom in what He gives and
withholds, lowers and raises, and there is none to put back His
Judgement (cf. 13:41) and none can change HisWords (cf. 6:115).
Always remember – O slave of Allaah – that thisworld and everything in
it is too insignificant for people to envy one another and transgress
against one another for its sake, as al-Mutanabbi said:
What hearts desire is tooinsignificant for people to transgress
against one another or destroy one another in pursuit of it.
This is also indicated in the words of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him): "Why would one of you kill his
brother?" Narrated by Imam Maalik and Ahmad and others.
And Allaah knows best.

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