EVIL EYE EFFECT.
Brother asalamualykum, may allah reward you for your work, I am a regular reader of ur column, & it is of great help, my question is regarding evil eye, there is a women in our locality, & when ever she looks at anyone something bad happens to that person, thus everybody in our locality fear her, my parents never allow me to pass by her, but I my self don’t believe in it, I want your opinion from quran & sunnah. Thank you?Answer:
Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘The influence of ‘nazar’ (evil eye) is a fact; if anything would precede the ‘Qadr’ (destiny) it would be the influence of an evil eye.’ Sahih Muslim [5427]From the above guidance of our beloved prophet Mohammad (pbuh), effect of “nazar” evil eye is a fact, but we should also understand that ‘evil eye’ does not possess any power by itself, nor can it harm or hurt anyone without will of Allah. So we should not fear ‘evil eye’, instead we should fear Allah, & should seek his protection from anything and everything that may cause any type of harm.
Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Allah's Messenger (saws) used to seek refuge in Allah from the Jinn and the ‘evil eye’ in men till the Mu'awwidhatan (113th Surah Al-Falaq and 114th Surah An-Naas) were revealed, after which he made use of them and abandoned everything else. Al-Tirmidhi [4563]
However if any believer fear any type of harm, he should recite 113th Surah Al-Falaq and 114th Surah An-Naas, and thus seek the refuge with Allah from any and all evil ever approaching them; And Allah alone knows the best.
