Magic and the Evil Eye
385 questions
What is the ruling on playing a recording device with Quranic verses for several hours for a patient, selecting specific verses for sorcery, others for the evil eye, and others for jinn?
Is it permissible to use the ablution water of an evil-eyed person who does not pray or is an infidel to wash a sick person afflicted by the evil eye, and is intention required for that?
What is the ruling on going to a woman who treats with the Qur’an and seeks the help of jinn, knowing that she does not take money and asks the patient to recite or listen to the Qur’an at home, such as asking for the recitation of Surat Al-Baqarah daily for 20 days to treat the evil eye?
What are the permissible places for swimming?
Is the severe postpartum depression that afflicted the wife, which affected her ability to supplicate, her desire to live, and her care for her son, a condition that requires turning to Allah and seeking a fatwa?
Is it permissible to perform ruqyah and read (Qur'an) over a woman afflicted by possession or the evil eye while she is menstruating, or over a man who is ill while he is in a state of janabah?
Is it permissible to use cowrie shells for adornment or accessories, given the Hadith: "Whoever hangs a cowrie shell, may Allah not grant him peace" regarding it, and should this Hadith be acted upon even if it is weak?
Is the absence of comfort, affection, or sexual desire after marriage considered a reason for divorce?
What is the ruling on placing large seals—inscribed with verses, or ذكر (remembrances), or supplications—some of which are designated for magic, some for the evil eye, and some for jinn—then dipping the seal in saffron water, and then stamping it onto papers that are subsequently dissolved and drunk?
What should parents do about their daughter who has started to babble and act frenzied whenever they ask her to rest from studying, given their belief in the presence of witchcraft or the evil eye and possession by jinn, while psychiatrists believe she is suffering from depression?
What is the ruling on placing a small copper wire in the ear, according to the sheikhs of the zawaya?
Is it permissible for my friend to obey her family by giving two drops of her blood to her aunt-in-law for her to wash with – in order to break a spell of imprisonment on her, according to their beliefs – even though she is convinced that what she is doing is haram, just to escape their pressures?
هل يوجد دعاء للحماية من الأشخاص السيئين في المدرسة أو للحماية بشكل عام؟
What is the ruling on being afflicted by the evil eye, and how does a person become afflicted by it, and how is it treated with an egg or thread and sand divination, and how is it treated with the Qur’an?
Is what the questioner is suffering from—regarding her husband who is seeking separation from her—due to magic or the evil eye?
Did the envious eye of the questioner cause the young man's death, and is what happened considered intentional murder?
Is it permissible for my father to slaughter an animal to celebrate his new house before its construction is complete, and is it a condition that the slaughter takes place at the house, and is any sacrificial animal sufficient in place of a sheep?
Is it forbidden for men to wear necklaces and bracelets, even if they are made of silver? And is it forbidden for them to wear cowrie shells?
Are the intrusive thoughts related to creed, such as "Who created us and why were we created?", which cause severe headaches and tingling in the head and left foot, in addition to thoughts like "Whom do we pray to?" and comparing God to a tyrannical master, and thoughts of suicide and feelings of dissociation, merely obsessive compulsive disorder, or do they have other causes, such as those the questioner feels, like "sorcery, jinn possession, or evil eye"? And what is the legitimate Islamic treatment for such cases?
Is what a 3-year-old child is experiencing, namely food refusal and consuming only milk via bottle-feeding, an 'ayn (evil eye)? And should he be presented to a reciter of the Quran?
What is the ruling on electronic games in which it is stated that the player has lives or hearts (attempts)?
What is the ruling on a mother believing in superstitions, such as: feeling an itch in the right hand means receiving money, or a twitching eye means meeting someone, or one shoe falling on top of another means traveling?
Are woven bracelets and necklaces made of colored threads included in the prohibition of wearing threads, and is this considered an imitation of polytheists even if not worn to ward off harm, and is considering the intent general in denouncing evil?
What is the ruling on using incense in mosques and seeking blessings from it in homes, and on using it in cases of panic or fear, and what is the ruling on one who says that the origin of incense is from jinn and devils?