Protecting Children from Evil and Harm
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Question:
We ask your permission, our honorable Shaykh, Shaykh Salih, to pose these questions, asking the Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, to teach us what benefits us, to benefit us with what He teaches us, and to increase us in knowledge. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive. I begin with this question from one of our dear listeners, who sent his question saying: How do I protect my children from evil and harm?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah. May peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and all his Companions. The foundation of protection lies in reciting the two chapters, al-Falaq and al-Nas. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of AllahRiyad as-Salihin 1015 Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2058Da'if (Darussalam) Thus, the protection of children is achieved by seeking refuge for them, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us. It is reported from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Messenger of Allah Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 2:194 Sahih al-Bukhari 5748 Aisha said: When he fell ill, he would order me to do this for him, and he would order her to recite them over him.
If he is ill, and this indicates that it is permissible to recite the Mu'awwidhat (the chapters of seeking refuge) over a sick person. Additionally, one should increase by making du'a (supplication) for them.
As the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Your father used to seek refuge with these for Ismail and Ishaq: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every Shaytan and every harmful creature, and from every evil eye." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
We ask your permission, our honorable Shaykh, Shaykh Salih, to pose these questions, asking the Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, to teach us what benefits us, to benefit us with what He teaches us, and to increase us in knowledge. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive. I begin with this question from one of our dear listeners, who sent his question saying: How do I protect my children from evil and harm?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah. May peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and all his Companions. The foundation of protection lies in reciting the two chapters, al-Falaq and al-Nas. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) used to seek protection against the evil of jinn
صلى الله عليه وسلم يتعوذ من الجانand the (evil) eye of humans, until Al-Mu'awwidhatain were revealed. So when they were revealed he used them and left other than them.
وعين الإنسان حتى نزلت المعوذتان فلما نزلتا أخذ بهما وترك ما سواهما(peace and blessings be upon him)
صلى الله عليه وسلمWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to bed, he used to recite Surat-al-Ikhlas, Surat-al-Falaq and Surat-an- Nas and then blow on his palms and pass them over his face and those parts of his body that his hands could reach.
إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ نَفَثَ فِي كَفَّيْهِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَبِالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَمَا بَلَغَتْ يَدَاهُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِIf he is ill, and this indicates that it is permissible to recite the Mu'awwidhat (the chapters of seeking refuge) over a sick person. Additionally, one should increase by making du'a (supplication) for them.
As the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Your father used to seek refuge with these for Ismail and Ishaq: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every Shaytan and every harmful creature, and from every evil eye." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7534 — youtube.com (0:58)
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