A man who affects others with the evil eye unintentionally, asking for advice and whether the evil eye is part of divine decree and destiny?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. He says: Sometimes accidents happen while I am present or passing by a place, such as a problem occurring for a person after I greet him, or a relative's computer breaking down when I am at his house. So, is it obligatory for me, in this situation, to believe that the occurrence of divine decree and destiny is more certain than my belief that the evil eye is a reality and that it actually happens?
The Shaykh:
Belief in divine decree and destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and being struck by the evil eye is part of divine decree and destiny. No one strikes you with his eye except that Allah the Exalted has decreed it. So everything is by the decree of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and by His destiny, whether it is the evil eye or otherwise. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. I do not know, Shaykh Salih, it seems to me that I understood from this question that the man is accusing himself of a specific thing, as if he is accusing his eye of affecting things or affecting people or something similar?
The Shaykh:
Whoever finds in himself something of this, and that he affects people with his eye, he should increase in the remembrance of Allah the Mighty and Majestic,
The presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
and supplication. This removes the harm of the evil eye by the permission of Allah. He increases in the remembrance of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and supplicates for blessing for what he sees in front of him of people's wealth and their conditions. He supplicates for them with blessing.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. If this is the case, he must be a believer that the evil eye is a reality, and at the same time he must believe that divine decree and destiny must also occur. But he must be scrupulous and remember Allah when he likes something.
The Shaykh:
Yes. He believes in divine decree and destiny, and he believes that the evil eye is part of divine decree and destiny, and that it strikes by the permission of Allah the Exalted and by His decree. And he uses the protective means from its harm, which is the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. He says: Sometimes accidents happen while I am present or passing by a place, such as a problem occurring for a person after I greet him, or a relative's computer breaking down when I am at his house. So, is it obligatory for me, in this situation, to believe that the occurrence of divine decree and destiny is more certain than my belief that the evil eye is a reality and that it actually happens?
The Shaykh:
Belief in divine decree and destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and being struck by the evil eye is part of divine decree and destiny. No one strikes you with his eye except that Allah the Exalted has decreed it. So everything is by the decree of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and by His destiny, whether it is the evil eye or otherwise. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. I do not know, Shaykh Salih, it seems to me that I understood from this question that the man is accusing himself of a specific thing, as if he is accusing his eye of affecting things or affecting people or something similar?
The Shaykh:
Whoever finds in himself something of this, and that he affects people with his eye, he should increase in the remembrance of Allah the Mighty and Majestic,
The presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
and supplication. This removes the harm of the evil eye by the permission of Allah. He increases in the remembrance of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and supplicates for blessing for what he sees in front of him of people's wealth and their conditions. He supplicates for them with blessing.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. If this is the case, he must be a believer that the evil eye is a reality, and at the same time he must believe that divine decree and destiny must also occur. But he must be scrupulous and remember Allah when he likes something.
The Shaykh:
Yes. He believes in divine decree and destiny, and he believes that the evil eye is part of divine decree and destiny, and that it strikes by the permission of Allah the Exalted and by His decree. And he uses the protective means from its harm, which is the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، رجل عائن يصيب الآخرين بالعين دون قصد، فيسألكم النصيحة وهل العين من القضاء والقدر؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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