The ruling on severe fear of the evil eye and how to protect oneself from it

The questioner:
We take Abu Muhammad from Riyadh, please go ahead, Abu Muhammad. Peace be upon you. And upon you peace. Upon you and the Shaykh. Please. Please. Shaykh, what is happening in society is a phobia. A phobia of the evil eye, Shaykh. A great fear, meaning it is widespread to a great extent from the evil eye. So people do not do anything because of the evil eye. They are afraid of the evil eye. Why do they not do this? The fear of the evil eye. So does this fear and this very large, widespread phobia have a justification? Thank you, Abu Mubarak. A card of acquisition is sufficient for a person.

The Shaykh:
It has no justification, my brother. I say it has no justification. For these people. Those who have fear of.

The questioner:
Do you allow me to answer?

The Shaykh:
My brother, the evil eye is a reality, and being struck by the evil eye is a reality, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, but the fear should not reach the point of obsessive thoughts and illusions. A person should increase in the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and rely upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it will not strike him him. He relies upon Allah and depends upon Allah and proceeds in matters. The Messenger, nor his Companions, nor the righteous Salaf used to fear the evil eye in a way that would prevent them from their works, or from working outside their homes, or from buying and selling, or from seeking sustenance. They did not fear it in a way that would hold them back from seeking sustenance and from doing the beneficial causes. Yes.

The questioner:
The dhikr and the protections, Shaykh Salih.

The Shaykh:
The daily recitation in the morning and evening with the Qur'an and the prescribed supplications is good, and it protects, by the permission of Allah, from the evil eye, from the devils, and from every evil. Yes.