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The evil eye

العين

The evil eye is real, as the hadith states; it strikes the envied by God's leave without touch, and is repelled by lawful ruqya and remembrance, not by amulets 1 2.

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The evil eye is real, as the hadith states; it strikes the envied by God's leave without touch, repelled by ruqya and remembrance.

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In the account of Amir ibn Rabi'a and Sahl ibn Hunayf (may God be pleased with him) it brought a man near death; protection is dhikr and prayers for blessing.

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 113:1

People and things also explored

The wind that destroyed Aad· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Dreams (ahlam)· The prophets' dreams· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Al-barzakh· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection

Sources

  1. Sahih Muslim
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari
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The wind that destroyed Aad

God destroyed Aad with a screaming, violent wind for seven nights and eight days in succession; you would see the people felled like hollow palm trunks — the first nation destroyed after the Flood.