Hadith 5496

أَخْبَرَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ ، عَنْ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ عَيْنِ الْجَانِّ ، وَعَيْنِ الْإِنْسِ ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتِ الْمُعَوِّذَتَانِ أَخَذَ بِهِمَا وَتَرَكَ مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ " .
´It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed said:` "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] used to seek refuge from the evil eye of the Jinn and the evil eye of humans. When Al-Mu'awwadhatan were revealed, he started to recite them and stopped reciting anything else."
Hadith Reference سنن نسائي / كتاب الاستعاذة / 5496
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: ضعيف، إسناده ضعيف، ترمذي (2058) ابن ماجه (3511) سعيد الجريري اختلط ولم أجد بأنه حدث به قبل اختلاطه. انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 364
Hadith Takhrij «سنن الترمذی/الطب 16 (2058)، سنن ابن ماجہ/الطب 23 (3511)، (تحفة الأشراف: 4327) (صحیح)»
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) This blessed hadith indicates that those jinn who are able to overpower and dominate humans in order to harm and trouble them—therefore, humans should continue to supplicate and plead in the court of Allah, the Lord of Majesty, so that they may remain protected from the mischief of wicked and evil jinn.
(2) This blessed hadith also proves that the evil eye is a reality, and it is not necessary that only a human’s eye causes it; rather, the evil eye of the jinn can also affect someone.
(3) In the two chapters of seeking refuge (Mu'awwidhatayn), there is protection from every kind of evil; therefore, they are comprehensive. In their presence, there is no need for other supplications for seeking refuge, although there is also no prohibition in reciting them.
(4) The effect of the evil eye is not limited to humans; rather, at times, it has such a severe effect on inanimate objects that it cannot be removed by medicines, etc., but requires the recitation of supplications for seeking refuge (mu'awwidhat). Even if this effect cannot be rationally explained, its denial is not possible. Not everything in this world happens according to reason; rather, in many matters, human intellect is left bewildered and sciences are rendered helpless. The fact that one end of a magnet always points north is also an example of this. However, its denial is not possible.
(5) According to the preferred opinion, this narration is authentic. For details, see: (Sunan Ibn Majah, translated (Darussalam), Hadith: 3511)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5496