evil eye - Finding lost and stolen items through soothsayers and fortune-tellers

I lost an important invoice book that belongs to the company,and if it
does not turn upit will cause me a great deal of trouble. I sent one
of my relatives to a religious man to ask himhow I could find this
book. He told me to bring a child of 11 or 12 years of age and give
him an egg on which was written something in blue, and he covered the
child with a head-cloth and recited some Qur'aan, then he askd the
child whether he could see the one who had taken the book. The child
told us of the description and name of a person we know very well but
whom the child does notknow. What is the rulingon that?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
The saheeh ahaadeeth indicate that it is haraamto go to
fortune-tellers and soothsayers, and to ask them questions and believe
them. For example, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "Whoever goes to afortune-teller and asks him about
something, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days." Narrated
by Muslim (2230).
And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever has
intercourse with a menstruating woman or with a woman in her back
passage, or goes to a fortune-teller and believes him, has disbelieved
in what Allaah revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him)." Narrated by Ahmad (9779), Abu Dawood (3904), al-Tirmidhi
(135) and IbnMaajah (939). Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh
Ibn Maajah.
Al-Baghawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:The fortune-teller is
the one who claims to have knowledge of things by means of certain
practices which will leadhim to know where stolen and lost items
are,etc. Quoted in al-Zawaajir 'an Iqtiraafal-Kabaa'ir (2/178).
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The
fortune-teller (al-'arraaf): it was said that this refers to the
soothsayer (al-kaahin), who is the one who foretells the future.
And it was said that this is a general term which includes
soothsayers, astrologers, geomancers and the like, who claim to have
knowledge of the unseen by means of certain practices that they use.
This is a more general meaning and is indicated by the derivation of
the word, which is derived from ma'rifah (knowledge), so it applies to
all those who deal with these things and claim to have knowledge of
them. End quote from al-Qawl al-Mufeed 'ala Kitabal-Tawheed (2/48).
Trying to find out the identity of the thief in the manner described
is a kind of soothsaying and fortune-telling which is haraam, as it
relies on using the services of the jinn and trusting them. You should
not be deceived by the fact that the fortune-teller recites Qur'aan,
because this is just a trick that these followers of falsehood use.
See question no. 21124 for information on the signs of witches
(practitioners of witchcraft), fortune-tellers and soothsayers.
Secondly:
Some scholars are of the view that the one who claims to have
knowledge of stolen things, or who claims that the jinn will tell
himabout them is a kaafir. Ibn Nujaym (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said in Bayaan al-Mukaffiraat: Going to a soothsayer and believing him
when he says, I know where stolen things are, and what I say is based
on what the jinn tell me. End quote from al-Bahr al-Raa'iq (5/130).
And he is guilty of kufr by saying, what I say is based on what the
jinn tell me, because the jinn,like humans, do not have knowledge of
the unseen, as Allaah says of them (interpretation of the meaning):
"So when he fell down, the jinn saw clearly that if they had known the
Unseen, they would not have stayed in the humiliating torment"
[Saba' 34:14]
This was stated in his footnote to al-Bahr al-Raa'iq.
With regard to going to a fortune-teller and asking him something,
this is subject to further discussion.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Asking
fortune-tellers and the like falls into different categories:
1 – Merely asking him a question. This is haraam because the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to
afortune-teller and asks him something, his prayer will not be
accepted for forty days." The fact that he will be punished for asking
him indicates that it is haraam, because there isno punishment except
for doing something haraam.
2 – Asking him and believing him and accepting what he says. This is
kufr, because believing him with regard to knowledge of the unseen
represents disbelief in the Qur'aan, where Allaah says (interpretation
of the meaning):
"Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (Unseen) except Allaah"
[al-Naml 27:65]
3 – Asking him in order to test him and find out whether he is telling
the truth or lying, not in order to accept what he says. There is
nothing wrong with this. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) asked Ibn Sayyaad: "What am I hiding from you?" He said:
al-Dukh. He said: "Be quiet! You can nevergo beyond your station."
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) asked him
about something that hewas thinking of in order to test him, and he
told him of it.
4 – Asking him in order to demonstrate his inability and lies, so he
tests him about some things. This may be obligatory or required. End
quote from al-Qawl al-Mufeed (2/49).
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked:
Sometimes we lose some money or goldin the house, and we think that it
has been stolen. So we got to one of the people (a "mukhbir") and we
tell him the story and explain that to him, and he promises to help
us. Sometimes we get the lost item back and sometimes we do not. What
is the ruling on ourgoing to these people?
They replied: It is not permissible to go to him because he is a
soothsayer, and it is narrated in saheeh reports that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade going to
soothsayers and the like and asking them questions and believing them.
End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah (1/410)
They were also asked(1/411): You said inthe previous question that
going to a "mukhbir" is not permissible because he is a soothsayer. I
would like to point out here that the people to whomwe go are known
for their adherence to the teachings of Islam. They do not recite
anything except Qur'aan and hadeeth with regard to matters such as
those that I have mentioned inmy question. What is theruling on our
going to them?
They replied: Simply reciting Qur'aan and hadeeth will not show them
where the lost item is or bring it back. Whoever goes to someone who
claims to know where lost items are just by reading Qur'aan and
ahaadeeth is going to a soothsayer and charlatan, even if heclaims to
be righteous and religious. He may make an outward show of reciting
Qur'aan and hadeeth in order to mislead and deceive, butinwardly they
are soothsayers and fortune-tellers. End quote.
Thirdly:
The who one goes to thefortune-teller and asks him something has to
repent to Allaah and regret what he has done, and resolve not to do it
again. He should not accuse anyone of stealing on the basis of what
the fortune-teller and his helpers among the jinn say, because thejinn
tell lies. They may accuse an innocent person in order to spread
corruption among the Muslims. Repentance in this case is required from
the one who went to the fortune-teller and asked him, and it is also
required from the one who told him to do that, because they have all
fallen into sin. See question no. 32863 with regard to repentance from
asking fortune-tellers and believing them.
The Muslim should beseech Allaah and turn to Him when problems and
calamities befall him, because all things are in His hand, as he says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one,
when he calls on Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you
inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any
ilaah (god) with Allaah? Little is that you remember!"
[al-Naml 27:62]
It is not appropriate at all for a Muslim to put hisreligious
commitment at risk for the sake of finding something that he has lost,
because the most precious thing that the Muslim should guardis his
religious commitment, and he should do whatever he can to protect it
as it is more precious than money or anything else. And it should
never be the other way round, under any circumstanceswhatsoever.
And Allaah knows best.

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.

evil eye - Tying a string over which verses of Qur’aan have been recited

Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an over a piece of string, etc,
and tie that over a child's wrist to protect him from the evil eye or
other diseases?
Alternatively, is it permissible to place Qur'anic Ayat in a small
metal capsule and tie it over the wrist of Muslimsto serve as
protection from the evil eye or mishaps.
People in my communitydo both of this very frequently. They get the
local masjid imam to provide the service. I do not want to do this for
my child unless there is asound basis for it in the Shari'ah.
Please help me find out the truth.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible to tie this string or any other kind of amulets.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever
hangs up an amulet, may Allaah not fulfil his need."
And he said: "Whoever hangs up anything will be abandoned to its
care," and, "Whoever hangs up an amulet has committed shirk."
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded us
to tear away these things, as stated in the hadeeth narrated from
'Imraan ibn Husayn, which says that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) saw a man onwhose hand was a bracelet of brass.
He said, "What is this bracelet?" He said, "It is to prevent
weakness." He said, "Take it off, for it will only make you more
weak."

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Priceless Gems: Advice forWomen from the Prophet

• The Messenger of Allaah said: "If a woman performs the five
(obligatory) prayers, fasts themonth (of Ramadhaan), maintains her
chastity and obeys her husband, (on the Day of Judgment) it will be
said to her, 'Enter Paradise from whichever gate you like'." [Ibn
Hibbaan] [Al-Albaani: Saheeh]
• The Messenger of Allaah said: "O company of women! Give charity even
from your ornaments, for you constitute the majority of the people of
Hell on the Day of Judgment." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
• The Messenger of Allaah further said: "I advise you (O women) to
adhere to Tasbeeh (tosay 'Exalted be Allaah'), Tahleel (to say 'there
is none worthy of worship except Allaah'), and Taqdees (to say
'Exalted be (Allaah) The Sovereign, The Pure, Exalted and Pure be the
Lord of angels and Holy spirit'), and count with the help of your
fingers, for they will be questioned and made to speak (to give
witness to you), and be not heedless (of Thikr -- remembrance) lest
you would forget (to seek) mercy." [Abu Daawood and At-Tirmithi]
• It was narrated that the Messenger of Allaah asked a woman of the
Ansaar (Helpers) called Umm Sinaan: "What prevented you from
performing Hajj with us?" She replied, "There were only two camels
used for carrying water owned by so-and-so (meaning her husband). He
and his son offered Hajj on one, and the other was left to be usedfor
irrigation." He said (to her): "Then, 'Umrah (to be offered) in
Ramadhaan is equal (in reward) to Hajj or Hajj with me." [Muslim]
• The Messenger of Allaah said: "May Allaah have mercy upon a man who
stands at night and offers (supererogatory) prayers and then awakens
his wife to offer prayer, and if she refuses (to wake up), he
sprinkleswater on her face; and may Allaah have mercy upon a womanwho
stands at night and offers(supererogatory) prayers and awakens her
husband to offer prayer, and if he refuses, she sprinkles water on his
face." [Ahmad] [Al-Albaani: Saheeh]
• It was narrated on the authority of Umm Humayd, the wife of Abu
Humayd As-Saa'idi that she came to the Prophet and said, "'O Messenger
of Allaah! I like to offer prayers with you." He said: "I know that
you like to offer prayers with me; however, (you should know that)
your prayer in your sleeping place(inside your chamber) is better for
you than your prayer in your chamber; and your prayer in your chamber
is better for you than your prayer in your house; and your prayer in
your house is better for you than your prayer inthe mosque of your
people; and your prayer in the mosque of your people is better for you
thanyour prayer in my mosque." [Ahmad] [Al-Albaani: Saheeh]
• It was narrated on the authority of 'Aa'ishah that she said, "I
said, 'O Messenger of Allaah! We see that Jihaad (struggle) is the
best of deeds; should we not engage in Jihaad?' He said, "For you
(women), the best act of Jihaad is to perform Hajj that is accepted
(by Allaah)." [Al-Bukhaari]
• It was said to the Prophet "'O Messenger of Allaah! Such-and-such a
woman prays at night, fasts by day, does such-and-such good deeds and
gives charity. However, she harmsher neighbors with her tongue.' On
that the Messenger of Allaah said: "There is no good in her.She is
from the people of Hell." They further said, "And such-and-such a
woman performs only the (obligatory five) written prayers, and gives
only yogurt as charity. However, she harms no one." On that the
Messenger of Allaah said: "She is from the inhabitants of Paradise."
[Al-Bukhaari: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad] [Al-Albaani: Saheeh]
• The Messenger of Allaah said: "By the One in whose hand the soul of
Muhammad is! A woman will not fulfill the right ofher Lord (perfectly)
unless she fulfills the right of her husband fully; and if her husband
asks her to have sexual intercourse while sitting on the back of a
camel, she should not prevent him (fromdoing so)." [Ibn Maajah]
[Al-Albaani: Hasan]
• The Prophet said: "If a woman spends (gives charity) from the
foodstuff of her house but not wastefully, she will have a reward for
what she spent, her husband will have a reward for what he earned, and
the storekeeper the like of that, without reducing anything from the
reward of each other." [Al-Bukhaari]
• It was narrated on the authority of Al-Husayn ibn Mihsanthat one of
his paternal aunts came to the Messenger of Allaah for a particular
need, and when she finished her need the Prophet said to her: "Do you
have a husband?" She answered in the affirmative. He asked: "Howare
you with him?" She said, "I am never negligent in fulfilling his right
except when I am incapable." On that, he said: "Then, regard your
position with him for he either leads you to Paradise or to Hell."
[Ahmad and Al-Haakim] [Al-Haakim and Ath-Thahabi: Saheeh]
• The Messenger of Allaah said: "No trouble, fatigue, anxiety,
sadness, harm or distress befalls a Muslim, even a prick that he
receives from a thorn, but that for which Allaah forgives some of his
sins." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
O Muslim sister, remember this Hadeeth (narration), and hope forthe
reward from Allaah The Almighty for whatever difficultiesand troubles
you meet in your life, like pregnancy, post-partum bleeding, suckling,
raising children, menstruation, and so on, perchance your scale of
good deeds will be heavy, your sins willbe forgiven, and your rank
will beelevated high in Paradise.