Below we are quoting an incident from hadith which

occurred during the time of the Messenger of Allah

‫ﷺ‬. The hadith details an incident where a person was
affected by the evil eye from another, and how the
Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬dealt with it: About the Evil Eye
Allāh subḥānahu wa taʿālā mentions in Sūrah al-Qalam:

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in Al-Juhfah. Sahl ibn Hunayf washed himself, and mad-man!’”
he was a fair man with a handsome body and skin.
‘Aamir ibn Rabee'ah, the brother of Bani 'Udayy ibn Under the commentary of this āyah Ibn Kathīr
Ka'b, looked at him when he was washing, and said, raḥimahUllāh writes, "This āyah shows that the evil eye and
“I have never seen anything like this, not even the its effects are real through the sanction of Allāh taʿālā and
skin of a virgin in seclusion!” (This was a metaphor
for the intense whiteness of his skin). Then Sahl
many aḥādīth have been narrated regarding it (the evil eye)'.
The Evil Eye
suffered a seizure (i.e. an epileptic fit, in which he fell ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās raḍiAllāhu ‘anhu narrates that the
to the ground). He was brought to the Messenger of Messenger of Allāh ‫ ﷺ‬said: “The evil eye is real, and if
Allah ‫ ﷺ‬and it was said, “O Messenger of Allah, do anything were to overtake the divine decree (al-Qadr) it
you know what has happened to Sahl? By Allah, he would be the evil eye.” [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Muslim: 2188]
cannot raise his head and he will not wake up.” He
said, “Do you accuse anyone with regards to him?” Qāḍī Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī al-Mālikī (and others explain)
They said, “‘Aamir ibn Rabee'ah looked at him.” So, that it is from Allāh's Will, that sometimes He creates
the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬called ‘amir and spoke harmful effects from the evil or jealous glances and looks of
angrily with him saying, “Would any of you like to others - this is called the evil eye, or naẓar in Arabic.
kill his brother? If you see something that you like,
why do you not pray for blessing for it?” Then he
said to him (‘Aamir), “Do ghusl [bath] for him.” So,
he washed his face, hands, elbows, the soles of his feet
and inside his izaar (lower garment) from a vessel,
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the vessel. After this was done to him, Sahl went on
with the people and there was nothing wrong with
him [he recovered].
[Majma' al-Zawaaid 5/110; al-Haythami said that the
narrators are the men of Sahih]

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Nature & Causes Protection from Evil Eye Haḍrat ʿĀ’ishah raḍiAllāhu ʿanhā has narrated that during the
Prophet's ‫ ﷺ‬fatal illness, he used to recite the
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzī raḥimahUllāh writes regarding the Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzī raḥimahUllāh mentions that whoever Muʿawwadhatayn (Sūrah an-Nās and Sūrah al-Falaq) and
nature and the causes of the evil eye: practices reading the duʿās, pertaining to seeking protection then blow his breath over his body. When his illness was
from the evil eye, will experience its benefits, in terms of aggravated, I used to recite those two Sūrahs and blow my
“The soul has such a profound effect on the body that no attaining protection from the evil eye, as well as repelling its breath over him and make him rub his body with his own
one can deny it [the soul gives life to the body]...The evil harmful effects after already being affected by it. However, the hand for its blessings. [Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī: #5735]
eye is actually the effect exerted by the soul on the victim. benefit one will achieve will be according to the strength of a
Souls vary in their essence, powers, characteristics, and person's faith (īmān), and the firmness of a person's heart on Ibn ʿAbbās narrates, “The Messenger of Allāh ‫ ﷺ‬used to seek
qualities. Therefore, the soul of an envious person can trusting and relying on Allāh. refuge with Allāh for Ḥasan and Ḥusayn and say: “Your
harm a victim profoundly [only by the permission of forefather (i.e. Ibrahim) used to seek refuge with Allāh for
Allāh], and this is why Allāh has commanded His It is narrated in Sunan al-Tirmidhī by Abū Saʿīd: “The Ismāʿīl and Isḥāq by reciting the following:
Messenger of Allāh ‫ ﷺ‬would seek refuge from the jinn and ‫َأُع ُذ َك‬
Messenger to seek refuge with Him from the evil ‫َّل َّت َّم ْن ُك َش ْيَط َوَه َّم َو ْن ُك َعْي َل َّم‬
eye...The envious person might be blind, yet when the (evil) eye of humans, until Al-Muʿawwadhatān were ‫ ِم ِّل ٍن ا ٍة‬، ‫اٍن ا ٍة‬ ‫ ِم ِّل‬،‫و ِب ِلماِت ال ِه ال ا ة‬
something is described to him or her, his envious soul revealed. When they were revealed, he used them and left
affects the described object and harms it even though the anything else other than them.” [al-Tirmidhī: #2058] ‘O Allāh! I seek refuge with Your Perfect Words from every
blind person cannot see it.” devil and from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful,
Al-Muʿawwadhatān refers to Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al-Nās. envious eye'.” [al-Bukhārī]
Even though the negative effects of the evil eye usually After their revelation, the Messenger of Allāh ‫ ﷺ‬sought
comes from people who are jealous of blessings bestowed protection from the evil eye (and from jinns), through the If a person fears the effect of one's own evil eye harming
on others, it is not necessarily so as is established from supplication to Allāh found in these sūrahs. someone else or himself, he should recite:
sound aḥādīth. For example, the Nabī ‫ﷺ‬, said “When one ‫َّلُه َّم َب ْك َع َلْي‬
of you sees something [good] in you or your wealth or in ʿAbdullāh ibn Khubayb narrates: The Messenger of Allāh ‫ﷺ‬ ‫ه‬ ‫اِر‬ ‫‏ال‬
your brother that you like, then make duʿā of barakah said to me: Recite Qul huwAllāhu aḥad (Sūrah al-Ikhlās), Qul
(increase and blessings), as evil eye is real.” (Al-Jāmi’ Al- aʿūdhu bi rabbil-falaq (Sūrah al-Falaq), and Qul aʿūdhu bi ‘May Allāh taʿālā bless him’ [Majma' al-Zawā’id]
Ṣaghīr). rabbin-nās (Sūrah al-Nās) in the morning and evening three
‫َم َش َّلُه َل ُقَّو َة َّل َّل‬
times each and they will protect you from everything. [Abū
‫ا اَء ال ا ِإ ا ِبال ِه‬
Obviously one is not jealous of one's own wealth or good Dāwūd and Aḥmad]
characteristics. In spite of that, merely noticing something ‘Whatever Allāh wills; there is no strength except with
good in someone (even oneself) there is a possibility that it ʿĀ’ishah raḍiAllāhu ʿanhā narrates: “When the Messenger of Allāh.’
could draw the negative influence of the evil eye. For this Allāh ‫ ﷺ‬went to his bed every night, he would join his palms
reason, it is essential that one protects oneself from its evil together, blow into them, recite Qul huwAllāhu aḥad (Sūrah It is narrated in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim by Abū Saʿīd that Jibrīl came
according to the method shown by the Messenger of al-Ikhlās), Qul aʿūdhu bi rabbil-falaq (Sūrah al-Falaq), and Qul to Nabī ‫ ﷺ‬and said: “O Muḥammad, are you sick?” He said:
Allāh ‫ﷺ‬. aʿūdhu bi rabbin-nās (Sūrah al-Nās). He would then pass his “Yes.” He said:
hands over as much of his body that he could. He would ‫ َأْو‬، ‫ ِمن َش ُك َنْف‬، ‫ ِمن ُك َش ي ُيْؤ ِذيَك‬، ‫باْس الل َأْر ِقيَك‬
‫َأِّر ِّل ٍس‬ ‫ٍء‬ ‫ِم ِه‬
commence passing his hands over his head and face, and then ‫ْر َك‬ ‫َّلِّلُه َيْش َك ْس‬ ‫َعْي َح‬
‫ با ِم اللِه ِقي‬، ‫ِف ي‬ ‫ ال‬، ‫ِن اِس ٍد‬
the front of his body. He would do this three times.” [al-
Bukhārī and Muslim] “In the Name of Allāh I perform Ruqyah for you, from
everything that is harming you, from the evil of every soul
If someone is unable to recite the duʿās to aid in one's or envious eye; may Allāh heal you, in the Name of Allāh I
protection then someone else can recite it for them: perform Ruqyah for you.” [Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim]