Fear of the evil eye and lying to avoid it
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Question:
I am a woman who fears the evil eye, and sometimes I resort to lying out of fear of the evil eye. I am pregnant and do not attend gatherings out of fear of the evil eye. I ask your honor for guidance, and is my action permissible?
Answer:
A person should not have obsessive thoughts (waswas). He should not fear the evil eye and isolate himself from people; rather, he must rely on Allah and increase his remembrance of Allah and his daily recitations. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)[Yusuf 12:64] If people were to follow their obsessive thoughts and fears, no one would leave their house. Work and business would come to a standstill. So a person must rely on Allah, use his daily recitations and remembrance, and nothing will harm him except by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
As for lying, it does not protect one from the evil eye. What protects one from the evil eye is the remembrance of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), reliance on Allah, and not having obsessive thoughts.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
I am a woman who fears the evil eye, and sometimes I resort to lying out of fear of the evil eye. I am pregnant and do not attend gatherings out of fear of the evil eye. I ask your honor for guidance, and is my action permissible?
Answer:
A person should not have obsessive thoughts (waswas). He should not fear the evil eye and isolate himself from people; rather, he must rely on Allah and increase his remembrance of Allah and his daily recitations. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He)
the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful."
خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَAs for lying, it does not protect one from the evil eye. What protects one from the evil eye is the remembrance of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), reliance on Allah, and not having obsessive thoughts.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 31 — archive.org (11:54)
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