Section: The effects of the evil eye
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Sheikh Khalid Al-Hibshi (HA) says that Ayn has a tremendous amount of power. It has an influence in all areas of a person’s life, whether religious affairs, worldly affairs, moral characteristics etc. Some of the effects are summarised below:Effect on the minds: IQ, wit, memory, ability to focus, understanding and assimilation.Effect on the livelihood: Wealth, income, provisions etc.Effect on beauty: hair, face, skin colour, the body etc.Effect on religion: worship, humility, character, integrity etc.Effect on a person’s morality: modesty, truthfulness, courage, good characteristics etc.Effect on marital and family life: happiness, pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriages, raising and loving children, discord etc.Effect on ages: longevity, age relative to appearance, death, etc.Effect on the body: power, speed and activity, health and wellness, skills etc.Effect on livestock: camels, bringing down birds from the sky etc.Effects on nature: plants, trees and fruits, damage, burns, ripeness, shrivel and die etc.Effect on inanimate objects: cars, all kinds of devices, gold, women’s cosmetic application or products.Evidence From The SunnahNarrated from the freed slave of Az-Zubayr (RAA), he said the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
”The disease of the nations who came before you has started to spread amongst you; jealousy and hatred. This is the ‘shaver’ (destroyer). I do not say that it shaves hair but rather that it shaves (destroys) faith. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, you will not enter Paradise until you believe and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I not tell you of that which will strengthen love between you? Spread the greetings of peace amongst yourselves.” (Tirmidhi)
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “My nation will be stricken with the disease of the other nations.” They said: “What is the disease of the other nations?” He (ﷺ) said: “Insolence, arrogance, accumulation of wealth, competition in worldly gains, mutual hatred and envy until there will be wrongdoing and then killing.”