Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi’ah narrates from his father. He says: I and Sahl bin Hunaif set out and we were looking for some shade. So we found some shade or a well, and each of us was shy to bathe lest someone see him. So he screened me until, when he saw that I had finished bathing, he took off the cloak he was wearing. Then he entered the water. I looked at him and found his physique very beautiful, because of which he was afflicted by the evil eye of prosperity. So he began to shiver violently in the water. I called him but he did not answer me. So I went to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole matter. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Get up.” Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him (Sahl), lifted up his blessed lower garment from his shin, and entered the water towards him. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached him, he struck his chest and then said: “O Allah! Remove from him its cold, heat, and pain.” Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Stand up.” So he stood up. Upon this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When any of you sees something in himself, his wealth, or his brother that pleases him, he should pray for blessing for it, for the evil eye is real.”