Magic and the Evil Eye
431 questions
What is the ruling on maintaining ties of kinship with some relatives who practice sorcery, or whose wives practice it, and whose harm is not unlikely, and who cause harm to family members?
What is your guidance regarding a wife's hatred for relatives who caused her to be afflicted with the evil eye and possession after her recovery?
Was she who relied on the hadith: "Whoever seeks chastity, Allah will make him chaste," for the chastity of her private parts mistaken, and does this mean that whoever seeks chastity – the chastity of the private parts – Allah will not make him chaste, and are there any legal texts that support Allah's protection and aid for the one who seeks chastity in this regard?
Is using a perfume that claims to attract love considered shirk (polytheism), even though Allah was supplicated before its use for its effect to be only by His permission?
What is the ruling on saying "Masha'Allah, Tabarakallah" over a sin, and can the evil eye affect a sin?
Is it permissible to resort to sorcerers to undo the spell of delayed marriage, especially after repeated rejections from girls despite adhering to ruqyah and adhkar, and in light of the fear of falling into sins and losing hope?
Is the questioner's not being married and her illness, for which no medical diagnosis can be found, caused by magic?
What do you advise me to do after I felt stomach pain, changes in my emotions, quick temper, aversion to worship, and a feeling of impending death, after drinking water over which a شيخ (sheikh) recited [Quranic verses]?
Can animals afflict humans with the evil eye?
Is it permissible to seek treatment for sorcery at the hands of non-Muslims and through means other than the Book of Allah, and what are the symptoms of sorcery?
What is the ruling on saying or writing "cloning magic"?
What is the ruling on a wife remaining with her husband who only approaches her every few months and refuses treatment, claiming illness or sorcery, while the wife fears falling into indecency, and what are her rights in the event of divorce?
How does a mother repent from her feeling that she inadvertently afflicts people with the evil eye, and must this matter become permanent for her after occurring once?
What is the meaning of "al-lamam" in the Qur'anic verse: "And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, except for al-lamam"?
Is it obligatory to use all the water designated for ablution (wudu') that has been affected by the evil eye (al-ayn)? And is it permissible for another person to use the leftover water from that (wudu') for treatment from the same evil eye?
What is the wisdom behind the difference of opinion among scholars regarding the issue of women's ostentatious adornment, given that it tempts all men?
Is it permissible to offer a sacrifice of gratitude to Allah upon purchasing a car or a house?
Is it permissible to take ablution water from someone you suspect has afflicted you with the evil eye? And is it permissible to ask for ablution water from a woman you once loved, for an evil eye that afflicted you from her, knowing that communicating with her might lead to corruption?
Is it considered disbelief for a person afflicted by magic to unconsciously choose the worship of jinn—Allah forbid—while being coerced, without uttering this choice, and without practicing any form of worship to them? And how can one avoid their evil?
Is it permissible to slaughter birds or a rabbit and give them to the needy when purchasing a new car, due to its frequent breakdowns, given the financial inability to buy a sheep or a goat?
Are flipping underwear, contracting marriage at the end of the Hijri month, not leaving the house, and avoiding seeing a barber or a menstruating woman for someone who wants to document a marriage contract, part of the religion?
Is it permissible to carry Qur'anic verses in a wallet in one's pocket and sometimes enter the bathroom with them?
Do the mentioned symptoms—such as excessive anger, thoughts of divorce from the husband's side only, lack of conjugal relations, not wanting to see or hear the wife's name sometimes, wishing for her death, and the husband's weak sexual performance in her presence—indicate the presence of حسد (envy), or عين (evil eye), or مس شيطاني (demonic possession), or سحر تفريق (magic to separate spouses)?