Can the evil eye afflict through a picture on a mobile phone?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
There is no impediment to the evil eye afflicting someone without the envier seeing the envied. Ibn Al-Qayyim mentioned that the effect of the envier's soul does not depend on sight; it can affect merely through description, even if the envier is blind.
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