When i came across the one about `evil spirits in the house` and read your note that no evil spirits or jinn can harm us or cause any suffering to us.
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Dearest brother, i was reading a few of the answered questions when i came across the one about `evil spirits in the house` and
read your note that no evil spirits or jinn can harm us or cause any suffering
to us. Correct me if i`m wrong but didn`t the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) also suffer
upon the hands of magic, which like every other misfortune or fortune happens
by the decree of Allah Subhanah? If these things
cannot harm us and do not require a remedy, then why is such a story narrated
in the hadith and why is a cure given in the form of sura-e-falaq and sura-e-annaas?
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Magic on Prophet saws
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name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: i
was reading a few of the answered questions when i
came across the one about `evil spirits in the house` and read your note that
no evil spirits or jinn can harm us or cause any suffering to us.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 15 Surah
Hijr verses 26-27: We created man from dried clay of
rotten earth; and before him We had created the Jinn
from the flame of heat.
Jinns
are a creation like the human beings of Allah Subhanah, who have been given
the power of intelligence and free will to choose between virtue and sin, good and evil, the Straight Path or fall astray.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 27: He (Iblis
the Jinn) and his party (the Shayateen amongst the
Jinn can) see you from where you cannot see them. We have made these Shaitaans
the friends of those who do not believe.
It is also
evident from the above aayah, that human beings cannot see the Jinns;
but they are able to see us.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 35 Surah
Fatir verse 2: What Allah out of His
Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none can withhold: what He doth withhold
there is none can grant apart from Him: and He is the Exalted in Power Full of
Wisdom.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 17: "If Allah touch thee with affliction none can remove it but He; if He
touch thee with happiness He hath power over all things.
It is the
ardent belief of the believers who sincerely believe in Allah and the Last Day
that everything, and I repeat everything in the
Universe happens with the Precise Will and Permission of Allah Subhanah Alone. If
Allah Subhanah Wills to help, protect or bestow His
Mercy on one amongst mankind, no combination of humans and Jinns
can withhold that Mercy from Allah; and if Allah Wills to afflict someone with
a trial, no combination of humans and Jinns can
remove that affliction! Thus the
believers should be content in their belief that if all the Jinns
and all the powers of the world got together and tried to harm someone in the
‘unseen’, they would not be able to do so in the least, without the Precise Will
and Permission of Allah Subhanah.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 114 Surah
An-Naas verses 1-6”
1 Say: I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind
2 The King (or Ruler) of Mankind
3 The Allah (or Judge) of Mankind
4 From the mischief of the Whisperer (of Evil) who withdraws (after
his whisper)
5 (The same) who whispers into the hearts of mankind
6 Among Jinns and among Men.
Beloved
brother, rest assured that the ‘Jinns’ have not been
bestowed with the power to touch, catch, move, pull, or hurt any human
being. In light of the above absolutely
clear guidance of the Holy Quran the absolute maximum the evil amongst the Jinn
can do is whisper something in the hearts of mankind and inspire man towards
evil and thus the disobedience of Allah….and not even an iota more! Other than this act of whispering into men’s
hearts, the Jinn race are absolutely powerless to do
anything to any amongst the human race!
Your Statement: Correct me if i`m wrong but didn`t the Holy
Prophet (peace be upon him) also suffer upon the hands of magic
There is
indeed an incident related in the authentic narrations by Hadrat
Aisha (r.a.),
the wife of the Prophet (saws) whereby she narrates the incident of the magic
that was done on the Messenger of Allah (saws).
Allah Subhanah informed the Prophet (saws) of
the magic and its source, and protected him from its effect.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.400 Narrated
by Aisha
that Allah's Messenger (saws) was affected by magic, so
much that he used to think that he had done something which in fact, he did not
do, and he invoked his Lord (for a remedy). Then (one day) he (saws) said, "O 'Aisha! Do you know
that Allah has advised me as to the problem I consulted Him about?" 'Aisha said, "O Allah's Messenger (saws)! What's
that?" He (saws) said, "Two
men came to me and one of them sat at my head and the other at my feet, and one
of them asked his companion, 'What is wrong with this man?' The latter replied, 'He is under the effect
of magic.' The former asked, 'Who has
worked magic on him?' The latter
replied, 'Labid bin Al-A'sam.' The former asked, 'With what did he work the
magic?' The latter replied, 'With a comb
and the hair, which are stuck to the comb, and the skin of pollen of a
date-palm tree.' The former asked,
'Where is that?' The latter replied, 'It
is in Dharwan.' " Dharwan was
a well in the dwelling place of the (tribe of) Bani Zuraiq. Allah's
Messenger (saws) went to that well and returned to 'Aisha,
saying, "By Allah, the water (of the well) was as red as the infusion of Hinna, (1) and the date-palm trees look like the heads of
devils." Aisha
added, "Allah's Messenger (saws) came to me and informed me about the
well. I asked the Prophet (saws), 'O
Allah's Messenger (saws), why didn't you take out the
skin of pollen?' He (saws) said, 'As
for me, Allah has cured me and I hated to draw the attention of the people to
such evil.'"
First and
foremost, the existence of Jinns and the doing and/or
effects of magic are two absolutely unrelated things and one has nothing to do
with the other! Secondly, In light of
the clear guidance of the Holy Quran there are only two types of magic:
The magic
or illusion that was performed by the magicians of Pharaoh’s Court in the
incidents related with Prophet Moses (a.s.).
The magic
taught by the Angels Harut and Marut,
with the precise permission of and as a
trial from Allah Subhanah to the disbelievers of
Babylon, whereby differences would be created through this particular magic
between a husband and a wife in marriage.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraf verses 116-118:
116 Said Moses (to the magicians): "Throw ye
(first)." So when they (the
magicians) threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck
terror into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic.
117 We put it into Moses's mind by
inspiration: "throw (now) thy rod": and behold! It swallows up
straightway all the falsehoods which they fake!
118 Thus Truth was confirmed and all that they did was made of no
effect.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 102: They followed
what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon; the
blasphemers were not Solomon but the evil ones teaching men magic and
such things as came down at
Your Question: If these things
cannot harm us and do not require a remedy, then why is such a story narrated
in the hadith and why is a cure given in the form of sura-e-falaq and sura-e-annaas?
Affliction,
harm, trouble, or misfortunes can reach man in one of two ways:
Through
the evil deeds man does to himself with his own hands by indulging in what is
prohibited by Allah (shirk, disbelief, addiction to wine, gambling, illegal
sexual intercourse, indulgence in riba, etc.)
As a
trial and a test from Allah Subhanah to see what man
does when afflicted with these situations. (accidents,
diseases, death, etc.)
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verse 62: How then when they
are seized by misfortune because of the deeds which their hands have sent
forth?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 155-157:
155 Be sure We shall test you with something of
fear, and hunger, some loss in goods, or lives, or the fruits (of your toil);
but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere.
156 Who say when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah we belong and
to Him is our return."
157 They are those on whom (descend) blessings
from Allah and Mercy, and they are the ones that receive guidance.
It is
only natural and in accordance with logic that when one is afflicted by any
misfortune, or trouble, or harm, one will try to locate the source of his
misfortune and try to put it aright. If
a thorn pricks someone, one removes the thorn to relieve his pain. If one knows that consuming alcohol makes him
sick and causes him to lose his senses, he should abstain from it.
But as
much as one tries to avoid them, some afflictions which come from Allah Subhanah like accidents, diseases, death, etc. have no
remedy. The virtuous ones recognize these trials are from their Lord and bear
them with patience, and the disbelievers in the Lord try to seek help in the
‘unseen’ from other sources to relieve them from these trials!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 17: If Allah touch thee with affliction none can remove it but He; if He
touch thee with happiness He hath power over all things.
Your Question: If these things
cannot harm us and do not require a remedy, then why is such a story narrated
in the hadith and why is a cure given in the form of sura-e-falaq and sura-e-annaas?
For every
harm, trouble or evil which one brings upon himself
with his own hands by indulging in what is prohibited and harmful, one can
abstain from the evil to remove its harm.
But the only remedy for affliction that one does not bring upon himself
with his own hands is to put his trust and belief in Allah Alone and bear these
with patience; for none save Allah Subhanah can
remove these afflictions!
The evil
whisperings of the Shayateen which inspire man to
disobey their Lord, or the harmful effects one fears from magic or jealousy, or
spells, or charms, etc., or any evil one fears from any quarter of the
‘unseen’; it would be impossible for man to search for the origin of these
evils….thus Allah Subhanah, in His Sublime Mercy and
Grace towards His believing slaves, has given the ultimate remedy an
‘anti-biotic’ to relieve the believers from fearing any and all such evils of
the ‘unseen’ through the recitation of the Muawwedaat
(Surah Falaq and Surah Naas)!
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
1019 Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
The Prophet (saws) used to seek Allah’s protection against the ‘Shayateen’ (amongst the Jinns)
and the ‘evil eye’ (spells, charms, magic, envy, etc.) till Surahs al-Falaq and an-Naas were
revealed. After they were revealed he
stuck to them and discarded everything beside them.
Once a believer recites the Muawwedaat (Surah Falaq and Surah Naas), keeps his full faith
and trust in
the Power and Strength of his Lord Most High Alone, and declares himself to be
in the refuge of none save the Lord Most Majestic, he need not fear any evil or
harm approaching him from the ‘unseen’!
If one
just looks around the ungodly and unrighteous societies we unfortunately live
in today, one can see the mayhem, chaos, pain, agony, and fear the ignorant
cause upon themselves and their loved ones in their search to protect
themselves from these ‘unseen’ evils of Jinns and
magic! They approach every unscrupulous
peer, faqir, ‘moulvis’, the
so-called experts in the removal of Jinns and magic,
and some, in their utter disbelief and desperation even seek the help of those
who are dead and buried in their graves!
The
wisdom behind the revelation of the Muawwedaat is to
reinforce the belief of the believers that everything, absolutely everything is
in the Absolute Control and Domain of none save the Lord Most High, and once
the believers have put their faith and trust in their Lord and sought His
Protection from any evil approaching them from the ‘unseen’, there is
absolutely nothing and no one they need to fear or seek a remedy or cure from,
except Him and Him Alone!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 113 Surah
Al-Falaq verses 1-5:
1 Say: ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn
2 From the mischief of created things;
3 From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads;
4 From the mischief of those who practice Secret Arts;
5 And from the mischief of the envious one as he practices envy.’
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 114 Surah
Al-Naas verses 1-6:
1 Say: ‘I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind
2 The King (or Ruler) of Mankind
3 The Allah (or Judge) of Mankind
4 From the mischief of the Whisperer (of Evil) who withdraws (after
his whisper)
5 (The same) who whispers into the hearts of mankind
6 Among Jinns and
among Men.’
If one
trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands of
Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can
be assured of never ever being misled;
but if one believes, obeys and
follows any other guidance, other than
that of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of being led astray.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me alone.
Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister