#envious eye

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The Envious Eye

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Why does one of you kill his brother? Why did you not say, ‘May Allah bless you?’ (ta barakallah) The evil eye is true. Do wudu from it.” [Malik’s Muwatta]

The story behind this Hadith tells us much about how a person can affect another with his envious eye; what can be done to prevent afflicting another; and how the affect of the evil eye may be reversed. Muhammad ibn Abi Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf heard his father say, “My father, Sahl ibn Hunayf did a Ghusl at al-Kharrar. He removed the Jubbah he had on while Amir ibn Rabia was watching, and Sahl was a man with beautiful white skin. Amir said to him, ‘I have never seen anything like what I have seen today, not even the skin of a virgin.’ Sahl fell ill on the spot, and his condition grew worse.  “Somebody went to the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) and told him that Sahl was ill, and could not go with him. The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) came to him, and Sahl told him what had happened with Amir. The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, ‘Why does one of you kill his brother? Why did you not say, ‘May Allah bless you?’ (ta barakallah) The evil eye is true. Do Wudu from it.’ Amir did Wudu from it and Sahl went with the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) and there was nothing wrong with him.”  [Malik’s Muwatta] Another version of this Hadith states that the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) ordered Amir to perform Ghusl. Amir washed himself in a vessel and then poured that water over Sahl and Sahl recovered as though there had never been anything wrong with him.