Introduction:
Allah-azwj has told us about the existence of the magic/witchcraft, evil eye in the Holy Quran. People at that time were, and even today are affected by these – carried out by both human and Jinns. Some Ahadith describing the Evil Eye and magic and seeking protection from these are presented here. The primary cause of the casting spell and evil eye is the ‘الْحَسَدِ’ (jealousy/envy) and ‘حرصه’ (the greed), as stated in Ahadith, for example:
عن أبى بصير قال: أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: ان أول كفر كفر بالله حيث خلق الله آدم كفر ابليس حيث رد على الله أمره، وأول الحسد حيث حسد ابن آدم أخاه، و أول الحرص حرص آدم، نهى عن الشجرة فأكل منها فأخرجه حرصه من الجنة
From Abu Baseer
‘Abu Abdullah-asws (the 6th Imam-asws) said: ‘Surely the first Kufr (disbelief) was the Kufr in Allah-azwj when Allah-azwj Created Adam-as, Iblees-la committed Kufr by rejecting the Command of Allah-azwj, and the first envy was when the son of Adam-as (Qabeel-la) envied his brother (Habeel-as), and the first greed was the greed of (Prophet) Adam-as, having been prevented from the tree, ate from it. His-as greed had him exited from the Garden’.[1]
The jealousy, out of love of the wife for her husband is natural and is allowed within the context of love, for example:
أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) الْمَرْأَةُ تَغَارُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ تُؤْذِيهِ قَالَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْحُبِّ .
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Is’haq Bin Ammar who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘The woman expresses jealousy upon the man so she hurts him. He-asws said: ‘That is from the love’.[2]
The Envy in all other cases is, however, forbidden due to its harm to the society. The envious one would be punished by Allah-azwj, as envy would eradicate his good deeds, but the performer of the magic/witchcraft become ‘kafir’ straight away.
For envy, see, for example some Ahadith:
روي عن أبي عبد الله ع أنه قال العين حق و ليس تأمنها منك على نفسك و لا منك على غيرك فإذا خفت شيئا من ذلك فقل
It has been reported from Abu Abdullah-asws that he-asws said: ‘The (evil) eye is truth, and do not consider yourselves to be safe from it, nor from yourselves to others if you feared something from that’, so recite:
ما شاءَ اللَّهُ لا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ العلي العظيم (ثلاثا)
‘Allah-azwj Does what He-azwj so Desires. There is no Might except with Allah-azwj, the High, the Magnificent’ – three times’.[3]
For the punishment of a sorcerer, Rasool Allah-saww said:
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) سَاحِرُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُقْتَلُ وَ سَاحِرُ الْكُفَّارِ لَا يُقْتَلُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ لِمَ لَا يُقْتَلُ سَاحِرُ الْكُفَّارِ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْكُفْرَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَ لِأَنَّ السِّحْرَ وَ الشِّرْكَ مَقْرُونَانِ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The Muslim sorcerer would be killed, and the Infidel sorcerer would not be killed’. It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! And why would the Infidel sorcerer not be killed?’ He-saww said: ‘Because the infidelity is more grievous than the sorcery, and because the sorcery and the Polytheism are pairs’.[4] See two Ahadith in Appendix I for protection against sorcery.
Jealousy Ruins the good deeds
يَا مُوسَى ارْحَمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْكَ فِي الْخَلْقِ وَ لَا تَحْسُدْ مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَكَ فَإِنَّ الْحَسَدَ يَأْكُلُ الْحَسَنَاتِ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ النَّارُ الْحَطَبَ
(Allah-azwj Said to Prophet Musa-as) O Musa-as! Be merciful to the one who is lower than you-as among the creatures, and do not become jealous of the one who is above you-as, for the jealousy consumes the good deeds just like the fire consumes the firewood (an extract from a long Hadith).[5]
سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَيَابَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ يَرْفَعُونَهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُعَذِّبُ السِّتَّةَ بِالسِّتَّةِ الْعَرَبَ بِالْعَصَبِيَّةِ وَ الدَّهَاقِينَ بِالْكِبْرِ وَ الْأُمَرَاءَ بِالْجَوْرِ وَ الْفُقَهَاءَ بِالْحَسَدِ وَ التُّجَّارَ بِالْخِيَانَةِ وَ أَهْلَ الرَّسَاتِيقِ بِالْجَهْلِ.
Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibrahim Bin Uqba, from Sayaabat Bin Ayyoub, and Muhammad Bin Al-Waleed, and Ali Bin Asbaat with an unbroken chain going up to Amir-ul-Momineen-asws having said that:
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said that: ‘Allah-azwj will Punish six (types of people) for six (matters) – the Arabs for the prejudice (Racism), and the landlords for the arrogance, and the rulers for the tyranny, and the jurists for the jealousy, and the merchants for the fraud, and the villagers for the ignorance’.[6]
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) الرُّؤْيَا لَا تُقَصُّ إِلَّا عَلَى مُؤْمِنٍ خَلَا مِنَ الْحَسَدِ وَ الْبَغْيِ.
Muhammad Bin yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al-Qasim bin Urwat, from Abu Baseer, who has reported the following:
Abu Abdullah-asws has said that the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Do not tell your dream except to a Believer who is free from the envy and the rebellion’.[7]
Iblis-la is so successful in planting envy in the hearts of people, even believers are unable to completely eliminate it, and will end up carrying forward some traces of envy to the next World, see a Hadith in Appendix II.
The Destruction caused by the Envy
عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ جَرَّاحٍ الْمَدَائِنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ الْحَسَدَ يَأْكُلُ الْإِيمَانَ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ النَّارُ الْحَطَبَ .
From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid and Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim Bin Suleyman, from Jarrah al Madainy,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The envy consumes the Emān just as the fire consumes the firewood’.[8]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) آفَةُ الدِّينِ الْحَسَدُ وَ الْعُجْبُ وَ الْفَخْرُ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘The disaster for the Religion is the envy, and the self-conceitedness, and the pride’.[9]
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ لَا يَحْسُدْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً إِنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ كَانَ مِنْ شَرَائِعِهِ السَّيْحُ فِي الْبِلَادِ فَخَرَجَ فِي بَعْضِ سَيْحِهِ وَ مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَصِيرٌ وَ كَانَ كَثِيرَ اللُّزُومِ لِعِيسَى ( عليه السلام )
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ibn Mahboub, from Dawood Al Raqqy who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘Fear Allah-azwj and some of you should not envy the others. From the Laws of Isa-as Bin Maryam-as was the travelling about in the city. So he-as went out in one of his tours and with him-as was a man from his-as companions of a short stature, and he used to frequently accompany Isa-as.
فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى عِيسَى إِلَى الْبَحْرِ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِصِحَّةِ يَقِينٍ مِنْهُ فَمَشَى عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْمَاءِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ الْقَصِيرُ حِينَ نَظَرَ إِلَى عِيسَى ( عليه السلام ) جَازَهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِصِحَّةِ يَقِينٍ مِنْهُ فَمَشَى عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَ لَحِقَ بِعِيسَى ( عليه السلام ) فَدَخَلَهُ الْعُجْبُ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا عِيسَى رُوحُ اللَّهِ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَ أَنَا أَمْشِي عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَمَا فَضْلُهُ عَلَيَّ
So when Isa-as ended up to the sea, he-as said: ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj’, with correct certainty from him-as, and he-as walked upon the back of the surface of the water. So the short man said when he looked at Isa-as risking it, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj’ with correct certainty from him. So he walked upon the water and caught up with Isa-as. Then self-conceitedness entered into himself, so he said (to himself), ‘This is Isa-as, the Spirit of Allah-azwj, walking upon the water and I am walking upon the water. So what is his-as merit over me?’
قَالَ فَرُمِسَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَاسْتَغَاثَ بِعِيسَى فَتَنَاوَلَهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَأَخْرَجَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ مَا قُلْتَ يَا قَصِيرُ قَالَ قُلْتُ هَذَا رُوحُ اللَّهِ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَ أَنَا أَمْشِي عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَدَخَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ عُجْبٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ عِيسَى لَقَدْ وَضَعْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِي غَيْرِ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَضَعَكَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ فَمَقَتَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَا قُلْتَ فَتُبْ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِمَّا قُلْتَ
He-asws said: ‘So he sunk into the water, and he cried for help to Isa-as. So he-as grabbed him from the water and extracted him, then said to him: ‘What did you say, O Shortie!?’ He said, ‘I said, ‘This is Isa-as, Spirit of Allah-azwj, walking upon the water, and I am walking upon the water’, and the self-conceitedness entered me due to that’. So Isa-as said to him: ‘You had placed yourself in other than the place which Allah-azwj had Placed you in, therefore Allah-azwj Detested you upon what you said. So repent to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic from what you said’.
قَالَ فَتَابَ الرَّجُلُ وَ عَادَ إِلَى مَرْتَبَتِهِ الَّتِي وَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ فِيهَا فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ لَا يَحْسُدَنَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً .
He-asws said: ‘So the man repented and returned to his status which Allah-azwj had Placed him in. Therefore, fear Allah-azwj and you should not envy each other’.[10]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَغْبِطُ وَ لَا يَحْسُدُ وَ الْمُنَافِقُ يَحْسُدُ وَ لَا يَغْبِطُ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Al Minqary, from Al Fuzayl Bin Ayaaz,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘A Momin get agitated but does not envy, and the hypocrite envies and does not show abhorrence’.[11]
The Rewards for avoiding Envying:
عن يونس بن ظبيان، قال: قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): «بينما موسى بن عمران يناجي ربه و يكلمه إذ رأى رجلا تحت ظل عرش الله تعالى، فقال: يا رب، من هذا الذي قد أظله عرشك؟ فقال: يا موسى، هذا ممن لا يحسد الناس على ما آتاهم الله من فضله».
From Yunus Bin Zabyan who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘While Musa Bin Imran-as was whispering to his-as Lord-azwj and speaking to Him-azwj, when he-as saw a man beneath the shadow of the Throne of Allah-azwj the Exalted, so he-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! Who is this whom Your-azwj Throne has shaded?’ So He-azwj Said: “O Musa-as! This is from the ones who did not envy the people upon what Allah-azwj had Given them from His-azwj Grace”’.[12]
The Signs of Envious:
في كتاب الخصال عن أبى عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال لقمان لابنه: يا بنى لكل شئ علامة تعرف بها ويشهد عليها إلى قوله: وللحاسد ثلاث علامات يغتاب إذا غاب ويتملق إذا شهد ويشمت بالمصيبة.
In the book Al-Khisaal from
Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Luqman-as said to his-as son: ‘O my son! Everything can be recognised by its sign seen from it, and testifies to his words. And the signs of the envious are three. He will backbite in your absence, and avoid meeting you when he sees you, and gloat over your afflictions’.[13]
The Evil Eye:
وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ {113:5}
And from evil of an envier when he envies [113:5]
في كتاب معاني الاخبار أبى (ره) قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن ادريس عن محمد بن أحمد عن يعقوب بن يزيد عن ابن أبى عمير رفعه في قول الله عزوجل: من شر حاسد إذا حسد قال: اما رأيته إذا فتح عينيه وهو ينظر اليك هو ذاك.
In the book Maani Al-Akhbar, narrated from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ibn Abi Umeyr with an unbroken chain,
‘From Rasool-Allah-azwj regarding the Words of the Almighty: And from evil of an envier when he envies [113:5], he-asws said; ‘But you will see him open his eyes and he is looking at you, that is, what it is’.[14]
Protection from Envy:
و قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «من قرأها عند نومه كان له أجر عظيم، و هي حرز من كل سوء، و هي رقية نافعة و حرز من كل عين ناظرة».
And Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘One who recites it (113 – Surah Al-Falaq) during his sleep time would have a great Recompense for him, and it is an amulet from every evil, and a beneficial charm and an amulet from every eye which looks (with envy)’.[15] (Some additional Ahadith on the protection of ‘evil eye’ are given in Appendix III.
Protection from all ‘Evils’
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ الْأَعْشَى قَالَ عَلَّمَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْ
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Quteyba Al A’asha who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws taught me saying: ‘Say,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الْجَلِيلِ أُعِيذُ فُلَاناً بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنَ الْهَامَّةِ وَ السَّامَّةِ وَ اللَّامَّةِ وَ الْعَامَّةِ وَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ وَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ وَ الْعَجَمِ وَ مِنْ نَفْثِهِمْ وَ بَغْيِهِمْ وَ نَفْخِهِمْ وَ بِآيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ ثُمَّ تَقْرَؤُهَا
‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Majestic! I seek refuge for so and so, with Allah-azwj the Magnificent, from the insects and the venomous (reptiles), and the evil eyes, and the generality (of creatures), and from the Jinn and the human beings, and from the Arabs and the non-Arabs, and from their sorcery and their rebellions, and their spells, and by the Ayat Al Kursi (2:255)’ – then recite it.
ثُمَّ تَقُولُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أُعِيذُ فُلَاناً بِاللَّهِ الْجَلِيلِ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ عَلَيْهِ .
Then you should be saying during the second (time), ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj! I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj the Majestic’ until you overcome upon it’.[16]
Appendix I: Cure from Magic
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ العَلَاءِ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مِيثَمٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ الْأَسَدِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَأْمُرُ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَدْ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ السِّحْرَ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ فِي رَقِّ ظَبْيٍ وَ عَلِّقْهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَضُرُّكَ وَ لَا يَجُوزُ كَيْدُهُ فِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ قالَ مُوسى ما جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ
It is narrated from Amir ul Momineen-asws that Imam-asws prescribed to some of his-asws companions, who complained about their sufferings from the influence of magic, to write this on a parchment of an antelope skin and wear it (as a Taweez).[17]
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ قالَ مُوسى ما جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ
سَهْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أُورَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ النُّشْرَةِ لِلْمَسْحُورِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ أَبِي ع يَرَى بِهَا بَأْساً وَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْعُوذَةُ الَّتِي أَمْلَاهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهَا وِرَاثَةٌ وَ أَنَّهَا تُبْطِلُ السِّحْرَ تُكْتَبُ عَلَى وَرَقٍ وَ يُعَلَّقُ عَلَى الْمَسْحُورِ قالَ مُوسى ما جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ وَ يُحِقُّ اللَّهُ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِماتِهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ أَ أَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّماءُ بَناها رَفَعَ سَمْكَها فَسَوَّاها الْآيَاتِ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ وَ أُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ ساجِدِينَ قالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ رَبِّ مُوسى وَ هارُونَ
It has been ascribed to Imam Abu Abdullah-asws by Suhail, through a chain of narrators, that Imam-asws asked us to write down an Amulet (Taweez) while mentioning that it is an inheritance and that it annuls the magic, write it on a piece of paper and put it on the effected one.[18]
قالَ مُوسى ما جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ وَ يُحِقُّ اللَّهُ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِماتِهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ أَ أَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّماءُ بَناها رَفَعَ سَمْكَها فَسَوَّاها الْآيَاتِ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ وَ أُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ ساجِدِينَ قالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ رَبِّ مُوسى وَ هارُونَ
Appendix II: Envy will be washed out from hearts of believers in the Hereafter
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْمَدَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ الْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى الرَّحْمنِ وَفْداً فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ الْوَفْدَ لَا يَكُونُونَ إِلَّا رُكْبَاناً أُولَئِكَ رِجَالٌ اتَّقَوُا اللَّهَ فَأَحَبَّهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ اخْتَصَّهُمْ وَ رَضِيَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَسَمَّاهُمُ الْمُتَّقِينَ
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Al-Madany, who has narrated the following:
Abu Ja’far-asws having said that: ‘The Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj was asked about the Statement of Allah-azwj: “[19:85] The day We shall gather the righteous to (Allah) Most Gracious, like a band presented before a king for honours”, so he-saww said: ‘O Ali-asws! Surely the delegation will not come up except on rides. These will be the men who feared Allah-azwj, so Allah-azwj Loved them and Specialised them and being Pleased with their deeds and therefore they have been named as the pious ones’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ يَا عَلِيُّ أَمَا وَ الَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَ بَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ قُبُورِهِمْ وَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَسْتَقْبِلُهُمْ بِنُوقٍ مِنْ نُوقِ الْعِزِّ عَلَيْهَا رَحَائِلُ الذَّهَبِ مُكَلَّلَةً بِالدُّرِّ وَ الْيَاقُوتِ وَ جَلَائِلُهَا الْإِسْتَبْرَقُ وَ السُّنْدُسُ وَ خُطُمُهَا جَدْلُ الْأُرْجُوَانِ تَطِيرُ بِهِمْ إِلَى الْمَحْشَرِ مَعَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ أَلْفُ مَلَكٍ مِنْ قُدَّامِهِ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ يَزُفُّونَهُمْ زَفّاً حَتَّى يَنْتَهُوا بِهِمْ إِلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ الْأَعْظَمِ وَ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةٌ إِنَّ الْوَرَقَةَ مِنْهَا لَيَسْتَظِلُّ تَحْتَهَا أَلْفُ رَجُلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الشَّجَرَةِ عَيْنٌ مُطَهِّرَةٌ مُزَكِّيَةٌ قَالَ فَيُسْقَوْنَ مِنْهَا شَرْبَةً فَيُطَهِّرُ اللَّهُ بِهَا قُلُوبَهُمْ مِنَ الْحَسَدِ وَ يُسْقِطُ مِنْ أَبْشَارِهِمُ الشَّعْرَ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ سَقاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَراباً طَهُوراً مِنْ تِلْكَ الْعَيْنِ الْمُطَهِّرَةِ
Then he-saww said to him-asws: ‘O Ali-asws! By the One-azwj Who Split the seed and Brought life out of it, they will be coming out from their graves and the Angels will be welcoming them by a she-camel from the she-camels of honour on which will be saddles of gold crowned with pearls and sapphire, and it will be covered in brocade and silk, and its braid will be purple, and it will fly with them to the place of Resurrection.
Along with every man from them will be a thousand Angels in front of them, and on his right, and on his left escorting them with an (honourable) escort until they will end up with them to the Great Door of the Paradise. And at the Door (Entrance) of the Paradise is a tree, a leaf from it can give shade to a thousand men from the people under it. And on the right of the tree is a fountain pure and clear’. He-saww said: ‘They will quench themselves with a drink from it, so Allah-azwj will Purify their hearts by it from the ‘الْحَسَدِ’ (jealousy/envy), and their bodily hair will drop off, and that is the Statement of Allah-azwj: “[76:21] and their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink”. It will be from that pure fountain’.
قَالَ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُونَ إِلَى عَيْنٍ أُخْرَى عَنْ يَسَارِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَيَغْتَسِلُونَ فِيهَا وَ هِيَ عَيْنُ الْحَيَاةِ فَلَا يَمُوتُونَ أَبَداً قَالَ ثُمَّ يُوقَفُ بِهِمْ قُدَّامَ الْعَرْشِ وَ قَدْ سَلِمُوا مِنَ الْآفَاتِ وَ الْأَسْقَامِ وَ الْحَرِّ وَ الْبَرْدِ أَبَداً قَالَ فَيَقُولُ الْجَبَّارُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُمْ احْشُرُوا أَوْلِيَائِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَ لَا تُوقِفُوهُمْ مَعَ الْخَلَائِقِ فَقَدْ سَبَقَ رِضَايَ عَنْهُمْ وَ وَجَبَتْ رَحْمَتِي لَهُمْ وَ كَيْفَ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُوقِفَهُمْ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ الْحَسَنَاتِ وَ السَّيِّئَاتِ
He-saww said: ‘Then they will leave to go to another Fountain on the right of the Tree. So they will bathe in it, and it is the Fountain of (everlasting) Life, and so they will not be dying ever’. He-saww said: ‘Then they (the she-camels) will pause by them in front of the Throne, and they would have been made safe from the diseases and the illnesses and the heat and the cold for all eternity’.[19]
Appendix III: Further Ahadith on Cure of Evil Eye[20]
(1)
جُنَّةُ الْأَمَانِ، لِلْكَفْعَمِيِّ قَالَ ذَكَرَ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُظَفَّرِ السَّمْعَانِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ نَزَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَرَآهُ مُغْتَمّاً فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ غَمِّهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَيْنِ أَصَابَتْهُمَا عَيْنٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ الْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ فَعَوِّذْهُمَا بِهَذِهِ الْعُوذَةِ
In Junnat Al Amaan of Al Kafamy, he said that it has been mentioned by Abdul Kareem Bin Muhammad Bin Al Muzaffar Al Sama’any in his book that, ‘Jibraeel-as Descended upon the Prophet-saww and saw him-saww to be sad. So he asked him-saww about his-saww grief. So he-saww said to him that: ‘Al Hasanayn (The two Imams-asws Al Hassan-asws and Al Husayn-asws) have both been affected by the (evil) eye’. So he said to him-saww: ‘O Muhammad-saww, the (evil) eye is truth, so seek refuge by this charm –
اللَّهُمَّ يَا ذَا السُّلْطَانِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ الْمَنِّ الْقَدِيمِ وَ الْوَجْهِ الْكَرِيمِ ذَا الْكَلِمَاتِ التَّامَّاتِ وَ الدَّعَوَاتِ الْمُسْتَجَابَاتِ عَافِ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِ الْجِنِّ وَ أَعْيُنِ الْإِنْس
‘Our Allah-azwj, O One with the Magnificent Authority, and the Al Manna of Old, and One with the Generous Face, One with Complete Words, and the Responder to the supplications, Grant health to Al Hassan-asws and Al Husayn-asws from the souls of the Jinn and the (evil) eyes of the humans’.[21]
(2)
روي عن أبي عبد الله ع أنه قال العين حق و ليس تأمنها منك على نفسك و لا منك على غيرك فإذا خفت شيئا من ذلك فقل
It has been reported from Abu Abdullah-asws that he-asws said: ‘The (evil) eye is truth, and do not consider yourselves to be safe from it, nor from yourselves to others if you feared something from that’. So recite:
ما شاءَ اللَّهُ لا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ العلي العظيم (ثلاثا)
‘Allah-azwj Does what He-azwj so Desires. There is no Might except with Allah-azwj, the High, the Magnificent’ – three times’.[22]
(3)
عن محمد بن عيسى قال سألت الرضا ع عن السحر فقال هو حق و هو يضر بإذن الله تعالى فإذا أصابك ذلك فارفع يدك حذاء وجهك و اقرأ عليها باسم الله العظيم باسم الله العظيم رب العرش العظيم إلا ذهبت و انقرضت قال
From Muhammad Bin Isa who said, ‘I asked Al-Reza-asws about the magic (witchcraft)’. So he-asws said: ‘It is truth, and it hurts by the Permission of Allah-azwj the High. If you get affected by that, raise your hand parallel to your face and recite over it –
باسم الله العظيم باسم الله العظيم رب العرش العظيم إلا ذهبت و انقرضت
‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Magnificent. In the Name of Allah-azwj the Magnificent, the Lord-azwj of the Magnificent Throne’ – it will go away and become extinct’.
قال و سأله رجل عن العين فقال حق فإذا أصابك ذلك فارفع كفيك حذاء وجهك و اقرأ الحمد لله و قل هو الله أحد و المعوذتين و امسحهما على نواصيك فإنه نافع بإذن الله
He said, ‘And a man asked about the (evil) eye, so he-asws said: ‘Truth, so if you get affected by that, raise your hands parallel to your face and recite – ‘Praise be to Allah-azwj (Surah Al-Hamd), and Say He-azwj Allah-azwj is One (Surah Al-Ikhlaas), and the Maw’azatein (Surah Al-Naas and Surah Al-Falaq), and wipe the two (hands) on your forehead, for it will be beneficial by the Permission of Allah-azwj’.[23]
(4)
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنَ الْحَمَّامِ خَزَفَةً فَحَكَّ بِهَا جَسَدَهُ فَأَصَابَهُ الْبَرَصُ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ وَ مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ الَّذِي قَدِ اغْتُسِلَ فِيهِ فَأَصَابَهُ الْجُذَامُ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً مِنَ الْعَيْنِ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا يَغْتَسِلُ فِيهِ الْجُنُبُ مِنَ الْحَرَامِ وَ الزَّانِي وَ النَّاصِبُ الَّذِي هُوَ شَرُّهُمَا وَ كُلُّ خَلْقٍ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ إِنَّمَا شِفَاءُ الْعَيْنِ قِرَاءَةُ الْحَمْدِ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ آيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ الْبَخُورُ بِالْقُسْطِ وَ الْمُرِّ وَ اللُّبَانِ
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ali ibn Muhammad from Sad ibn Muhammad ibn Salim from Musa ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Musa who has said that narrated to us Ali ibn Ja’far the following:
“Abu al-Hassan, Al-Reza-asws, has said, ‘If one picks up a piece of pottery from a bathhouse and rubs himself with it, then becomes ill with leprosy he must not blame anyone except himself. One who washes with the used water of a bath-house and becomes ill with leprosy, he also must not blame anyone else except himself.’
Muhammad ibn Ali has said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan-asws, that people of al-Madinah say, “There is cure (and protection) in it against the evil effect of the eyes.:” The Imam-asws said, ‘They have spoken a lie. In it people after unlawful sexual acts bathe and fornicators bathe. In it, the worst of all creatures that Allah has created, the enemies of Ahl al-Bayt-asws, bathe and then they say that there is cure (and protection) in it against the evil effects of the eyes.
Cure for the eyes because of such effect is in reading al-Hamd (Chapter one) and al- Maw’azatein (chapters 113 and 114), Ayat al-Kursi (2:255) and burning incense of al-Qust, (a certain Indian or Arabian wood), al-Murr (gum of a certain tree) and al-Luban (frankincense}?[24]”
Surah Al-Hamd
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ {1}
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ {2}
الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ {3}
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ {4}
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ {5}
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ {6}
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ {7}
Surah Al-Ikhlaas
اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيبِسْمِ مِ
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ {1}
اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ {2}
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ {3}
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ {4}
Surah Al-Falaq
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ {1}
مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ {2}
وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ {3}
وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ {4}
وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ {5}
Surah Al-Naas
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ {1}
مَلِكِ النَّاسِ {2}
إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ {3}
مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ {4}
الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ {5}
مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ {6}
Ayat al-Kursi
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ {255}
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ {256}
اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ {257}
وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): «من كتبها بماء ورد و زعفران سبع مرات، و شربها سبع مرات متواليات، كل يوم مرة، حفظ كل ما سمعه، و غلب على من يناظره، و عظم في أعين الناس.
And Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘One who writes this (Surah Ya Seen) with the ink of saffron seven times, and drinks it sequentially seven times, once every day, will memorise everything that he hears, and will overcome all that he sees, and will be respected in the eyes of the people.
و من كتبها و علقها على جسده أمن على جسده من الحسد و العين، و من الجن و الإنس، و الجنون و الهوام، و الأعراض، و الأوجاع، بإذن الله تعالى،
And one who writes it and attaches on his body, will keep his body safe from envy and the evil eye, and from the Jinn and the men, and the insanity and the vermin, and the illnesses, and the pain by the Permission of Allah-azwj.
و إذا شربت ماءها امرأة در لبنها، و كان فيه للمرضع غذاء جيدا بإذن الله تعالى».
And when the woman drinks its water if her milk is restricted, her weaning (of her baby) would go well by the Permission of Allah-azwj.’[25]
[1] Tafseer Al Ayyashi – H 17
[2] Al Kafi – V 5 – The Book of Marriage Ch 142 H 6
[3] مكارمالأخلاق 386 و مثله ….. ص : 386
[4] Al Kafi – V 7 – The Book of Legal Penalties Ch 62 H 1
[5] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14456
[6] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14618
[7] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14977
[8] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 122 H 2
[9] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 122 H 5
[10] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 122 H 3
[11] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 122 H 7
[12] تفسير العيّاشي 1: 248/ 156.
[13] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn – CH 113 – H 33
[14] Tafseer Noor All Saqalayn – CH 113 – H 28
[15] Tafseer Al Burhan – H 12064
[16] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 57 H 5
[17] باب 96- الدعاء لدفع السحر و العين , بحارالأنوار ج : 92 ص : 125
[18] بحارالأنوار ج : 92 ص : 128
[19] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14517
[20] Please note that the supplications should be recited in Arabic and not the translation of it in order to benefit from the Divine Words as Revealed.
[21] بحارالأنوار 92 132 باب 96- الدعاء لدفع السحر و العين
[22] مكارمالأخلاق 386 و مثله ….. ص : 386
[23] مكارمالأخلاق 413 في السحر ….. ص : 413
[24] الكافي ج : 6 ص : 504, H. 38.
[25] خواص القرآن: 6 «قطعة منه»