Before marriage I never had frightening dreams as I always make my adhkaar at bedtime. Sometimes I see that there are jinns inside other people and I am trying to fight them by reciting ayatul-Kursi, but they are stopping me from doing so. I cannot sleep at night and wake up several times. One good sister suggested to me that it may be the evil eye brought on by others who are jealous. If that is the case, then please could you guide me as to what I can do about this problem as it is very distressing.
May Allah Reward you greatly for your advice.
Firstly:
Undoubtedly the
frightening dreams that this sister sees are from the accursed Shaytaan who
is trying his hardest to prevent people from following the true religion and
keep them away from their Lord Whom they worship, and he wants to cause
grief to the believers. But his plots against the pious close friends of
Allaah are weak and insignificant, especially against those who fortify
themselves with ruqya as prescribed in sharee’ah day and night.
Secondly:
You should note that the best way in which the Muslim can
protect himself against the Shaytaan is to remember Allaah. According to the
hadeeth narrated by al-Tirmidhi (2863), Allaah commanded Yahya ibn Zakariyya
(peace be upon him) to tell the Children of Israel to do five things,
including the following:
“I command you to remember
Allaah, for the likeness of that is that of a man who enemy comes after him,
until he comes to a strong fortress where he protects himself from him.
Similarly, a person cannot protect himself against the Shaytaan except by
remembering Allaah.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh
al-Tirmdihi.
If the Muslim fears Allaah
in all his affairs, and adheres to that which Allaah has commanded and
avoids that which He has forbidden, and he constantly remembers Allaah,
praying and fasting and other kinds of worship, and he fortifies himself by
reading Qur’aan night and day, out loud and silently, and he regularly
recites the wirds and dhikrs prescribed in Islam for the morning and
evening, and when eating, drinking, getting dressed and going to sleep, then
the Shaytaan will go away from him, blameworthy and defeated, and will have
no power to do anything to him. How can it be otherwise when Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
“Those who believe,
fight in the Cause of Allaah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause
of Taaghoot (Satan). So fight you against the friends of
Shaytaan (Satan); ever feeble indeed is the plot of Shaytaan (Satan)”
[al-Nisa’ 4:76]?
The Shaytaan only
comes close to those who are far away from their religion and Qur’aan. The
Shaytaan may try to divert the righteous from the straight path, in order to
ruin their lives and religious commitment and worldly interests. But
protection may be sought against him in the manner described above. You can
also refer to the books of dhikr such as al-Adhkaar by al-Nawawi;
‘Aml al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah by al-Nasaa’i; ‘Aml al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah
by Ibn al-Sunni; and other books of dhikr that deal with this topic, or
books of Sunan in general. If you do that we hope that your situation
will improve and you will find peace of mind, and Allaah will change your
situation to a better one.
Among the dhikrs with which
we advise you to recite regularly are the following:
1 – Adhkaar for morning and
evening.
(a)
Reciting every evening the
words, “A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah il-taammah min sharri ma khalaqa
(I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allaah from the evil of that which He
has created).”
It was narrated that Abu
Hurayrah said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allaah, I am suffering because of a
scorpion that stung me yesterday.” He said, “If you had said in the evening,
A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah il-taammah min sharri ma khalaqa (I seek
refuge in the perfect words of Allaah from the evil of that which He has
created),’ it would not have harmed you.
Narrated by Muslim.
Indeed, the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) encouraged us to say that in
every place where we stop (when travelling).
It was narrated that
Khawlah bint Hakeem al-Salamiyyah said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Whoever makes a stop in
some place, then says, ‘A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah il-taammah min sharri
ma khalaqa (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allaah from the evil
of that which He has created),’ nothing will harm him until he moves on from
that place.”
Narrated by Muslim, 2708.
(b)
It was narrated that ‘Uthmaan
ibn ‘Affaan (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There is no person
who says in the morning and evening of each day, ‘Bismillaah illaahi laa
yadurru ma’a ismihi shay’un fi’l-ard wa la fi’l-sama’ wa huwa al-samee’
ul-‘aleem (In the name of Allaah with Whose name nothing is harmed on
earth nor in heaven, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing)’ three times,
but nothing will harm him.”
Narrated and
classed as saheeh by al-Tirmidhi, 3388; also narrated by Ibn Maajah, 3869.
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.
(c)
Reciting Aayat al-Kursiy and
al-Mu’awwidhaat before going to sleep.
It was
narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) put me in charge of guarding the zakaah of
Ramadaan. Someone came to me and started grabbing handfuls of the food. I
took hold of him and said, ‘I will take you to the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).’ He said, ‘I will teach you
some words by means of which Allaah will benefit you.’ I said, ‘What are
they?’ He said, ‘When you go to your bed, recite this aayah (interpretation
of the meaning): “Allaah! Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be
worshipped but He), Al-Hayyul-Qayyoom (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains
and protects all that exists)…” [al-Baqarah 2:255] – until he completed the
aayah. Then Allaah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you and
no shaytaan (devil) will come near you until morning.’ The Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) asked me, ‘What did your
prisoner do last night?’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, he taught me
something, and claimed that Allaah would benefit me by it.’ He said, ‘What
was it?’ I said, ‘He taught me to recite Aayat al-Kursiy when I go to bed,
and said that no shaytaan would come near me until morning, and that Allaah
would appoint a guard for me who would stay with me.’ The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, ‘He told you the truth, although he
is an inveterate liar. That was the Shaytaan.’”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3101; Muslim, 505.
There are many such dhikrs; we do not have room to mention
them all here.
Thirdly:
With regard to
the hasad (envy) and the evil eye of which you speak, it may be that this
harm has come to you through hasad. Protection against that is to be sought
by reciting the dhikrs prescribed in sharee’ah.
It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both) said: “The
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to seek refuge with
Allaah for al-Hasan and al-Husayn. He said: ‘Your father [i.e., Ibraaheem]
used to seek refuge with Allaah for Ismaa’eel and Ishaaq with these words:
A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah al-taammah min kulli shaytaanin wa haammah wa
min kulli ‘aynin laammah (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allaah,
from every devil and every poisonous reptile, and from every bad eye).’”
Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 3191.
With regard
to the remedy:
It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “The evil eye is real, and if anything were to
overtake the divine decree (al-qadar) it would be the evil eye.
When you are asked to take a bath (to provide a cure)
from the influence of the evil eye, you should take a bath”
Narrated by Muslim, 2188.
If you know that the evil eye has been put on
you by a certain person, then you should ask him to do ghusl and wudoo’,
then you should pour the water of his ghusl or wudoo’ over yourself. The way
in which this should be done has been explained by Ibn al-Qayyim, who said:
In Sunan Abi Dawood it is narrated
that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: The ‘aa’in (the one
who put the evil eye on another) would be ordered to do wudoo’, then the
ma’een (the one on whom he had put the evil eye) would do ghusl with that
water.
In al-Saheehayn it is narrated that
‘Aa’ishah said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) commanded me or he commanded us to recite ruqyah for protection against
the evil eye.”
Al-Tirmidhi narrated from Sufyaan ibn
‘Uyayanah from ‘Amr ibn Dinaar from ‘Urwah ibn ‘Aamir from ‘Ubayd ibn
Rafaa’ah al-Sarqi that Asma’ bint Umays said: “O Messenger of Allaah, the
children of Ja’far have been afflicted by the evil eye, shall we recite
ruqyah for them?” He said, “Yes, for if anything were to overtake the divine
decree it would be the evil eye.” Al-Tirmidhi said: a saheeh hasan hadeeth.
Then he mentioned the hadeeth which described how ‘Aamir ibn Rabee’ah
afflicted Sahl ibn Hunayf with his eye, and the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded ‘Aamir to do ghusl.
So he washed his face, hands, forearms, knees
and the sides of his feet, and inside his izaar (lower garment) in the
vessel. Then that water was poured over him, and a man poured it over his
head and back from behind. He did that to him, then Sahl got up and joined
the people.
Al-Tibb al-Nabawi,
p. 127-129.
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