The Impact of the Evil Eye, the Severity of the Gazer’s Effect, and Advice for Treatment
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, there is no doubt that the evil eye is a reality. Is there any harm in fearing it?
The Shaykh:
As for the evil eye, it is a reality without a doubt.
The questioner:
Is there anything forbidden in fearing it?
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The evil eye is a reality, and if anything could precede the divine decree, it would be the evil eye. So the evil eye is a reality without a doubt. This is among the signs of Allah that He places in some people a degree of sensitivity and envy; when they look at something, they are affected by their gaze due to their envy and malice. It is a poisoned gaze, and may Allah protect us from it. This is avoided by seeking refuge in Allah the Mighty and Majestic and relying upon Allah, because some people are afflicted with a degree of waswas (whispers) and consider everything to be an affliction, thinking that everything that befalls them is the evil eye, or sorcery, or something else, or jinn. Diseases are many and calamities are many; not everything is sorcery, not everything is the evil eye, and not everything is...
...jinn. Diseases are many, but a person must treat himself, if he is afflicted, with permissible medicines from doctors, and also with the prescribed medicines and the recitations of the Qur’anic verses. Allah the Exalted and Majestic preserves the Muslim and protects him through the remembrance of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, for the remembrance of Allah fortifies the person. Yes.
It fortifies him against his enemies, the devils of mankind and the jinn. So the remembrance is a strong fortress for the Muslim. He is only afflicted when he is heedless of the remembrance of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, while having great reliance upon Allah the Exalted and Majestic and cutting off the whispers and anxieties. A person relies upon his Lord and proceeds with his affairs, and he says:[At-Tawbah 9:51]. As for it being imagined to him that everything is sorcery, everything is a spirit, everything is madness, everything is an affliction from so-and-so, this is from the whispers of Satan. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, there is no doubt that the evil eye is a reality. Is there any harm in fearing it?
The Shaykh:
As for the evil eye, it is a reality without a doubt.
The questioner:
Is there anything forbidden in fearing it?
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The evil eye is a reality, and if anything could precede the divine decree, it would be the evil eye. So the evil eye is a reality without a doubt. This is among the signs of Allah that He places in some people a degree of sensitivity and envy; when they look at something, they are affected by their gaze due to their envy and malice. It is a poisoned gaze, and may Allah protect us from it. This is avoided by seeking refuge in Allah the Mighty and Majestic and relying upon Allah, because some people are afflicted with a degree of waswas (whispers) and consider everything to be an affliction, thinking that everything that befalls them is the evil eye, or sorcery, or something else, or jinn. Diseases are many and calamities are many; not everything is sorcery, not everything is the evil eye, and not everything is...
...jinn. Diseases are many, but a person must treat himself, if he is afflicted, with permissible medicines from doctors, and also with the prescribed medicines and the recitations of the Qur’anic verses. Allah the Exalted and Majestic preserves the Muslim and protects him through the remembrance of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, for the remembrance of Allah fortifies the person. Yes.
It fortifies him against his enemies, the devils of mankind and the jinn. So the remembrance is a strong fortress for the Muslim. He is only afflicted when he is heedless of the remembrance of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, while having great reliance upon Allah the Exalted and Majestic and cutting off the whispers and anxieties. A person relies upon his Lord and proceeds with his affairs, and he says:
Say, "Never will we be struck except by what Allah has decreed for us; He is our protector." And upon Allah let the believers rely.
قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5059- الإصابة بالعين، وشدة تأثير نظرة العائن، ونصائح للعلاج منها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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