Section: Evidence for the different types of Evil Eye
90
AynThe Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The evil eye is real and if anything were to overtake Qadr (divine decree), it would have been the evil eye…”. This alludes to the speed of the evil eye and expresses that if anything was to overtake the decree of Allah it would have been the evil eye, i.e. in its speed.HasadIblees envied Adam (AS) as he disliked his creation and the fact he was ordered to prostrate to him. He thought he was better because he was made from fire and Adam (AS) was created from clay. Therefore it was only envy which pushed iblees to transgress and disobey the order of Allah (ﷻ).NafsThe Prophet (ﷺ) “Whoever among you sees something in himself or in his possessions or in his brother that he likes, let him pray for blessings for it because the evil eye is real.”Narrated by Ibn al-Sunni, Al-Haakim and classed as saheeh by Al-Albaani 243.NatharaThis originates from the evil eye of a Jinn. The evidence for this is the narration of Umm Salamah (RA) who said the Prophet (ﷺ) saw in her house a slave girl with a discolouration on her face so he said: “Perform Ruqyah for her, for she has been afflicted by the eye of a Jinn.”From the above, we see that the evil eye can be given by a human or by a Jinn. It is also known that animals can give the evil eye too when they look at something. There are many stories and encounters concerning this and Allah knows best.