3a] How to protect oneself against the evil eye

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are:
"A'oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah al-taammaati min sharri maa khalaq (I seek
refuge in the perfect words of Allaah from the evil of that which He
has created)."
(Narrated by Muslim, al-Dhikr wa'l-Du'aa, 4881)
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them
both) said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
used to seek refuge with Allaah for al-Hasan and al-Husayn. He said:
'Your father [i.e., Ibraaheem] used to seek refuge with Allaah for
Ismaa'eel and Ishaaq withthese words: A'oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah
al-taammah min kulli shaytaanin wa haammah wa min kulli 'aynin laammah
(I seek refuge inthe perfect words of Allaah, from every devil and
every poisonous reptile, and from every bad eye).'"(Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, Ahaadeeth al-Anbiyaa', 3120).
With regard to the meaning of laammah (translated here as
"bad"),al-Khattaabi said: "What ismeant 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 Jibreel came to the Prophet
(peace andblessings of Allaah 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 Allaah I perform ruqyah
for you, from everything that is harming you, from the evil of every
soul or envious eye may Allaah heal you, in the name of Allaah I
perform ruqyah for you)." (Narrated by Muslim, al-Salaam, 4056)
Undoubtedly, when a person persists in reciting the adhkaar (dhikr)
for morning and evening, andthe adhkaar for going to sleep, and
others, this willhave a great effect in protecting him from the evil
eye, because it will belike a stronghold for him, by Allaah's Leave.
So everyone should strive to recite these adhkaar. One of the best
treatments is the use of ruqyah, which the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) permitted for protection from the
evil eye and he instructed people to use it.
It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said:
"The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
commanded me, or he commanded (the people) to use ruqyah to deal with
the evil eye."
(narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Tibb, 5297)
And it was narrated that 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah 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-Albaani said, in Saheeh
Sunan Abi Dawood, its isnaad is saheeh. No. 3282)
These are some of the du'aa's and treatments which offer protection –
by Allaah's leave – from the evil eye and from destructive envy
(hasad). We ask Allaah to protect us from that. And Allaah knows best.
See Zaad al-Ma'aad by Ibn al-Qayyim, 4/162.

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3] How to protect oneself against the evil eye

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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
Allahfor the things they admireespecially the kaafirs. 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 soulor 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 Allaah.
You should know that hijaab 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 Allaahsays (interpretation of themeaning):
"O you who believe! Enterperfectly in Islam (by obeying all the rules
and regulations of the Islamic religion) and follow not the footsteps
of Shaytaan (Satan). Verily, he is to youa plain enemy"[al-Baqarah
2:208]
Ibn Katheer said: "Allaah commands His believing slaves to adhere to
all the rulings and laws of Islam, to follow all the commandments and
heedall the prohibitions." (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 1/566).
The believing women are forbidden to show any of their beauty to
non-mahrams. Allaah 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, headcover, apron), and
to draw their veils all over Juyoobihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces,
necks and bosoms) and not to revealtheir adornment except totheir
husbands, or their fathers, or their husband'sfathers, 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. theirsisters 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. Andlet them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what
they hide of their adornment. And all of youbeg Allaah to forgive you
all, O believers, that you may be successful" [al-Noor 24:31]
Obeying Allaah's command to observe hijaab will protect you from the
evil eye by Allaah's Leave in this world, and will protect you from
the punishment of Allaah in the Hereafter.
With regard to wearing Qur'aanic verses or certainshapes, Imaam Ahmad
narrated in his Musnad from 'Uqbah ibn 'Aamir (may Allaah be pleased
with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "Whoeverwears an amulet, may Allaah not fulfil his need, and
whoever wears seashells [for protection from the evil eye] may Allaah
not protect him." According to another report, a group came to the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he
accepted the bay'ah [allegiance] of nine of them, but not from one
ofthem. They said, "O Messenger of Allaah, you accepted the bay'ah of
nine and not from this one." He said, "He is wearing an amulet."
Thenhe took it in his hand and broke it, and the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) accepted his bay'ah. He said,
"Whoever wears an amulet is guilty of shirk." (From Fataawa 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 Allaah, always
remembering Him (dhikr) and reading Qur'aan, he isless likely to be
affected by the evil eye and other kinds of harm from the devils of
mankind and thejinn. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) used to seek refuge with Allaah for himself, and the
greatest means of seeking refuge that is available to the Muslim is
reading the Book of Allaah, above all the Mi'wadhatayn (the last two
Soorahs of the Qur'aan, al-Falaq and al-Naas), Soorat al-Faatihah and
Aayat al-Kursiy [al-Baqarah 2:255].
Among the saheeh du'aa'sfor refuge that have been narrated from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) are: :->

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2b] How to deal with sihr (magic/witchcraft)

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Qul A'oodhu bi Rabb il-Naas. The point is that these and similar
treatments which are used to treat this problemof sihr, may also be
used to treat the one who is prevented by magic from having
intercourse with his wife. This has been tried a great deal and Allaah
caused it to yield results. A person may be treated with al-Faatihah
alone and be healed, or with Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad and al-Mi'wadhatayn
on their own, and be healed. It is very important that the person
performing this treatment and the person who is being treated should
both have sincere faith and trust in Allaah; they should know that
Heis control of all things andthat when He wills a thingit happens,
and when He does not will a thing it does not happen. The matter is in
His hand, whatever He wills happens and whatever Hedoes not will does
not happen. When both the reader and the one who isread over have
faith and are sincere towards Allaah, the sickness will disappear
quickly by Allaah's Leave, and both physical and spiritual medicine
will be beneficial. We ask Allaah to help us all to please Him, for He
is All-Hearing and is ever Near.
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah li Samaahat al-Shaykh
al-'Allaamah 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him),
p. 70/

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2a] How to deal with sihr (magic/witchcraft)

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(O Allaah, Lord of mankind, remove the harm and heal him, for You are
the Healer and there is no healing except Your healing, with a healing
which does not leave any disease behind)." This may be repeated three
times or more. And it was also narrated from him (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) that Jibreel (peace be upon him) performed
ruqyah for himand said three times: "Bismillaah arqeeka min kulli
shay'in yu'dheeka, wa min sharri kulli nafsin aw 'aynin haasid Allaah
yashfeek, bismillaah arqeek (In the name of Allaah I perform ruqyah
for you, from every thing that is harming you, from the evil of every
soul or envious eye may Allaah heal you, in the name of Allaah I
perform ruqyah for you)." This is a great ruqyah which was narrated in
a saheeh hadeeth from the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him). It is prescribed to perform ruqyah for the one who has been
bitten or stung, and the one who has been affected by sihr, and the
one who is sick. There is nothing wrong with performing ruqyah for one
who is sick or has been affected by sihr or bitten or stung, by
reciting good du'aa's, even if they were not transmitted from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), so long as they
do not contain anything that is haraam, because of the general meaning
of the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace andblessings of Allaah be upon
him): "There is nothing wrong with ruqyah so long as it does not
involve shirk."
Allaah may heal the sick person and the person affected by sihr, and
others, without any ruqyah and without any action on the part of other
people, because He is Able to do all things, and He is Wise in all
that He does. Allaah says in HisHoly Book:
"Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to
it, 'Be!' and it is!"[Yaa-Seen 36:82]
To Him be praise and thanks for all that He willsand decrees, for He
is wisein all that He does.
The sick person may not be healed if his appointedtime has come and it
is decreed that he should die from this disease. Among the things that
may be used in ruqyah are the verses which speak of sihr, which may be
recited into water. These are the verses about sihr in Soorat
al-A'raaf, where Allaah says (interpretation of themeaning):
"And We revealed to Moosa (saying): 'Throw your stick,' and behold! It
swallowed up straight away all the falsehood which they showed.
Thus truth was confirmed,and all that they did was made of no effect.
So they were defeated there and returned disgraced
[al-A'raaf 7:117-119]
And in Soorat Yoonus (interpretation of the meaning):
"And Pharaoh said: 'Bring me every well-versed sorcerer.'
And when the sorcerers came, Moosa said to them: 'Cast down what you
want to cast!'
Then when they had cast down, Moosa said: 'What you have brought is
sorcery, Allaah will surely make it of no effect. Verily, Allaah does
not set right the work of Al-Mufsidoon.
And Allaah will establish and make apparent the truth by His Words,
however much the Mujrimoon may hate (it).'"
[Yoonus 10:79-82]
And in Soorat Ta-Ha (interpretation of the meaning):
"They said: 'O Moosa! Either you throw first or we be the first to throw?'
Moosa said: 'Nay, throw you (first)!' Then behold! their ropes and
their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved
fast.
So Moosa conceived fear in himself.
We (Allaah) said: 'Fear not! Surely, you will have the upper hand.
And throw that which is in your right hand! It will swallow up that
which they have made. That which they have made is only a magician's
trick, and the magician will never be successful, to whatever amount
(of skill) he may attain.'"
[Ta-Ha 20:65-69]
These aayahs are among the things by which Allaah causes the ruqyah
against sihr to be beneficial. If the qaari' (reader) recites these
verses into water, and also reads Soorat al-Faatiha, Aayat
al-Kursiy,"Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad", and al-Mi'wadhatayn into the water,
then pours it over the person who he thinks has been affected by sihr
or is being prevented by magic from having intercourse with his wife,
then he will be healed by Allaah's Leave. If seven lotus leaves are
ground up and added to the water as well, this is appropriate, as was
mentioned by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Hasan (may Allaah have mercy
on him) in Fath al-Majeed, quoting from some of the scholars in the
chapter entitled Ma jaa'a fi'l-Nushrah. It is mustahabb to recite the
three soorahs, namely QulHuwa Allaahu Ahad, Qul A'oodhu bi Rabb il
Falaq and Qul A'oodhu bi Rabb il-Naas....

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