evil eye - How can he get rid of anamulet without it causing any harm?

A man who works with my father convinced himthat was being affected by
the evil eye. He brought him an amulet and said: Put it in your pocket
and it will protect you against the evil eye. Then after that he got a
paper on whichwas written alif, ba', 'ayn, daal [Arabic letters]and at
the bottom of thepaper it said "Allaah is the protector" and some
other incomprehensible letters and mumbo jumbo and scribbles. We want
to get rid of this paper because it is something that is not permitted
in Islam, but we do not know the correct way to get rid of it without
bringing any harm upon ourselves. I hope that you can offer us some
helpful words and advise us.
Praise be to Allaah.
The evil eye is real as theProphet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) told us, and the way to protect oneself against it is by
reciting the ruqyahs thatare prescribed in sharee'ah and by reciting
the wirds of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
not by using amulets or by using the charms written by liars and
charlatans. For moreinformation about the evil eye and the ways of
protecting oneself against it, please see question no. 20954 and 11359
.
Carrying amulets and charms for the purpose of protecting oneself
against the evil eye and witchcraft comes under the heading of wearing
amulets which is forbidden. It was narrated from 'Uqbah ibn 'Aamir
al-Juhani (may Allaah be pleased with him) that some people came to
the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
and he accepted the oath of allegiance from nine of them and not from
one man. They said: O Messenger of Allaah, youaccepted the allegiance
of nine and not from one. He said: "He is wearing an amulet." So he
put his hand in (his garment) and broke it, then he accepted his oath
of allegiance and said: "Whoever wears anamulet has associated others
with Allaah (shirk)." Narrated by Ahmad (16781); classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah(492).
Ahmad (17440) also narrated that 'Uqbah ibn'Aamir (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "Whoever wears an amulet, may
Allaah neverfulfil his wish and whoever wears a seashell, may Allaah
never protect him from what he fears." This hadeeth was classed as
hasan by al-Arna'oot in his commentary on al-Musnad.
Seashells were worn to ward off the evil eye.
Al-Khattaabi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:Amulets were things
thatthey used to wear in the belief that they could ward off calamity.
Al-Baghawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:The Arabs used to put
amulets on their children to protect them against the evil eye, or so
they claimed. This wasdeclared invalid by sharee'ah. Al-Ta'reefaat
al-I'tiqaadiyyah, p. 121.
The correct scholarly view is that amulets are forbidden even if they
are composed of words from the Qur'aan. See question no. 10543 . As
for those that contain unknown letters and words, there is no
difference of opinion; they are haraam and there is no guarantee that
they are not magic or that they are not seeking the help of the jinn.
Thirdly:
The way to get rid of amulets and magic whenthey are discovered is
byundoing the knots – if there are knots – and separating the pieces,
then destroying them byburning and the like, because it is narrated
that Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: A Jewish
man used to enter upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) who trusted him. He tied some knots and placed them in a
well belonging to a man from among the Ansaar. He suffered because of
that for several days – or, according to the hadeeth of 'Aa'ishah, for
six months – then two angels came to visit him. One sat at his head
and the other at his feet. Oneof them said, "Do you know what is
ailing him?" He said: "So and so who used to enter upon him tied some
knots for him and threw them into the well of So and so, the Ansaari.
He should send a man to him to take the bundle out, and he will find
thatthe water has turned yellow." Then Jibreel came to him, bringing
the revelation of al-Mi'wadhatayn, and hetold him that a Jewish man
had bewitched him and that the materials used were in the well of So
and so. Then he sent a man – according to another isnaad, he sent 'Ali
(may Allaah be pleased with him) – whofound that the water had turned
yellow. He took out the bundle and brought it to him, and he told him
to untie it and recite a verse of Qur'aan. He started to recite and
untie it, and every time he untied a knot, he felt a little better,
until he was fully recovered."
Narrated by al-Albaani inal-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 6/615; al-Haakim,
4/460; al-Nasaa'i, 2/172; Ahmad,4/367; al-Tabaraani.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Efforts should be
made to find out what the witch has done. If he has put some hair, for
example, in a certain place, or put it ina comb and so on, if it is
known that he has put itin a certain place, it should be taken out and
burned or destroyed. Then its effects will be cancelled out and what
the witch wanted to do will be annulled. Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat
al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 8/144.
So to get rid of the paper that your father has, tear it up and burn
it, and remind him to repent to Allaah from having worn an amulet.
And Allaah knows best.