Those who permitted ruqyah against the evil eye

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Rifa'ah al-Zuraqi that he said: Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): The children of Ja'far are very quickly affected by the evil eye. Should I have ruqyah done for them against the evil eye? He said: "Yes; and if anything could outstrip destiny, it would be the evil eye that outstripped it."

Urwah bin al-Zubayr relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the house of Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and saw a child in the house who was suffering. He asked the people of the house about him, and they said: We think he has been struck by the evil eye. At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why have you not had ruqyah done for him against the evil eye?"

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Babayh, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) related: I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The children of Ja'far are very quickly affected by the evil eye. Should I have ruqyah done for them? He said: "Yes; and if I were to say that anything could outstrip destiny, I would say that the evil eye could outstrip destiny."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Sahl bin Hunayf and I set out looking for a screen. We found a screen and a pool, and each of us was shy of bathing while someone could see him. So he screened himself from me, and when he saw that he was screened, he took off the robe made of a sheet that he was wearing and went into the water. I looked at him and his physique seemed very handsome to me, because of which my evil eye struck him. He began to shiver violently while still in the water. I called him, but he gave me no answer. So I went to the Prophet (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 came to him (Sahl), lifted (the garment) from his shin, and went into the water towards him. When he reached him, he struck his chest and then said: "O Allah, remove its cold, its heat and its pain." Then he said: "Stand up," and he stood up. At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any of you sees in himself, in his wealth or in his brother something that pleases him greatly, let him supplicate for blessing, for the evil eye is real."

Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunayf narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by Sahl while Sahl was bathing. Sayyiduna Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have never seen the like of (the person seen) today, nor the skin of a secluded maiden like this. At that, Sayyiduna Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) fell to the ground, until from the severity of the pain he could understand nothing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) summoned Sayyiduna Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), showed his anger towards him, and said: "You have killed him. On what grounds does any of you kill his brother? Why did you not supplicate for blessing for him?" Then he gave him (Amir) an order and said: "Wash for him." So he bathed, and he (Sahl) went off with the caravan.

Al-Zuhri said: This is part of knowledge: the washing is done by the one who cast the evil eye. He said: A cup of water is brought. He puts his hand into the cup, rinses his mouth and spits it out into the cup, and washes his face in the cup. Then he pours with his left hand over his right palm, then with his right hand over his left palm. He puts his left hand in and pours over his right elbow, and with his right hand over his left elbow. Then he washes his right foot, then he washes his right hand, then he washes his left foot. Then he puts his right hand in and washes both knees. He takes hold of the inner edge of his waist-wrap, and it is poured over his head in a single pouring, and he does not leave the cup until he has emptied it.

It is reported about Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she used to order the one who cast the evil eye to perform ablution, and then the one struck by the evil eye was to be bathed with his leftover water.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The evil eye is real, and when someone is asked to bathe because of the evil eye, he should bathe."