Magic and the Evil Eye
470 questions
Is constantly wearing bracelets, based on the advice of elders and a belief that not doing so diminishes the husband's life, considered a superstition that contradicts Islam?
What is the correct stance regarding those who describe magic, the evil eye, jinn possession, and reading the Qur’an over water and oil for the purpose of healing as illusion, charlatanry, and superstition that have no basis in religion?
Is the languor in studies, weakness in resolve and faith, and delay in performing obligatory duties that the questioner is experiencing due to being afflicted by the evil eye or magic, or is it merely a whisper [from Satan], and are these symptoms normal?
Does ruqyah on water and olive oil expel jinn and break spells and the evil eye?
Is it permissible to eat the meat of a sheep slaughtered by a factory owner to ward off evil and the evil eye, and not with the intention of charity?
Can a person do something that causes another person to fail in their life?
What is the ruling on seeking the help of jinn to identify the evil eye or sorcery, and on believing a jinn possessing a patient in its claims of sorcery and the evil eye and acting upon its words?
What is the ruling on placing the Qur'an in a car with the intention of seeking blessing and protection from the evil eye, and out of fear of accidents?
Does Buddhism - especially Northern Buddhism - possess effective and real incantations and talismans similar to Islam, such as Onmyōdō and Chinese exorcism videos with non-Qur'anic verses?
Does one who regularly recites the prescribed remembrances (adhkar) fear the evil eye, and is this considered a lack of trust in God's protection? And does admiring something alert the jinn? And should one request people to say "Masha'Allah," or is it sufficient to rely on remembrance (dhikr) and the prescribed invocations (wird)?
Is it possible that my thinking about my maternal uncle and his wealth, followed by his illness 12 hours later, was the cause of him being afflicted by the evil eye, and what is incumbent upon me to do if that is the case?
What are the disbelief-inducing innovations (bid'ah mukaffirah) in breaking magic spells, what are their examples, and are there innovations related to the Murji'ah and Jahmiyyah in breaking magic spells?
Do the symptoms that the young man experienced – such as exhaustion, excessive sleep and nocturnal emissions, aversion to studying and beloved activities, constant sadness, seeing a woman strangling him in a dream, and seeing her crying blood with gouged-out eyes – indicate the presence of a jinn in love, or is it another condition?
Is it obligatory for me to say "Allahumma Barik" (O Allah, bless it) every time I see something I like, or is it sufficient to say it the first time? And will I be sinful if I don't say it on one of those occasions?
What is the ruling on the belief that if the plant "Kaff Maryam" (Anastatica hierochuntica) is placed in water and this water is sprinkled in front of people's homes, the girls of that house will get married, and is it permissible to do that?
Is it permissible to use magic to achieve well-intentioned goals, such as convincing parents of a particular marriage?
Is it permissible to read the Quran over a string or to tie Quranic verses inside a capsule around a child's or a Muslim's wrist for protection against the evil eye, diseases, and calamities?
To what extent is it valid for the patient to imagine the one who cast the evil eye during ruqyah, or for the raqi to ask the jinn (qareen) to imagine the one who afflicted him with the evil eye?
Is the mother sinful for her shortcomings in worship, given that she is under the influence of magic that has deprived her of her will, and is her lack of response to ruqyah due to a lack of piety?
Does magic or the evil eye affect one's provision, and what is the solution and cure if that is the case and I do not know who is responsible?
Is going to a man to undo magic (sihr) and taking things from him considered shirk (polytheism) that nullifies deeds and expels one from the faith, especially after reading the two verses: "If you associate others with Me, your work will surely become worthless" [Quran 39:65] and the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "Ruqyahs (incantations), amulets, and love-charms are shirk," and "Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes him has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad"?
What is the Sharʿī ruling on dealing with a female manager who practices magic and sorcery, and is it permissible to inform her husband of that?
What is the ruling on magic (sihr) and imagination (khayal) in Islam?
Can envy and the evil eye cause a marriage to be delayed, or is that a matter of divine decree?