The ruling on treating the evil eye by praying over the one who looks at the funeral prayer
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Question:
In the lesson before the seventh of the Book of Tawhid, the evil eye was mentioned and it was stated that it is a reality, and its treatment was mentioned. However, there is a treatment that was mentioned, and it is said to be established by experience, which is praying over the one who looks at the funeral prayer. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
The ruling on that is that it is invalid. This is not a treatment. And the fact that he says that the experience, the trial, is sufficient, that is not enough. People may go to the graves and ask for their needs, and their needs are fulfilled, but this does not indicate permissibility. Or they may go to sorcerers and be treated by them and be healed, but this does not indicate the permissibility of this matter. Because a person may be given his need for the sake of trial and testing, and may Allah protect us. A person may be given his need even if it is forbidden, for the sake of trial and testing. So this is not permissible. The legal rulings, the lawful and the forbidden, must be based on evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. As for the actions of people and whether they succeeded or did not succeed, that is not evidence. Because a person may be given his need as a punishment from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for the sake of gradual misguidance and for the sake of testing. So this is never permissible.
In the lesson before the seventh of the Book of Tawhid, the evil eye was mentioned and it was stated that it is a reality, and its treatment was mentioned. However, there is a treatment that was mentioned, and it is said to be established by experience, which is praying over the one who looks at the funeral prayer. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
The ruling on that is that it is invalid. This is not a treatment. And the fact that he says that the experience, the trial, is sufficient, that is not enough. People may go to the graves and ask for their needs, and their needs are fulfilled, but this does not indicate permissibility. Or they may go to sorcerers and be treated by them and be healed, but this does not indicate the permissibility of this matter. Because a person may be given his need for the sake of trial and testing, and may Allah protect us. A person may be given his need even if it is forbidden, for the sake of trial and testing. So this is not permissible. The legal rulings, the lawful and the forbidden, must be based on evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. As for the actions of people and whether they succeeded or did not succeed, that is not evidence. Because a person may be given his need as a punishment from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for the sake of gradual misguidance and for the sake of testing. So this is never permissible.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٣ — archive.org (1:27:39)
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