❖ Question:
Is black magic real? Does it have any effect? What is the correct way to protect oneself from it?
❖ Answer:
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام علىٰ رسول الله، أما بعد!
✿ What is Black Magic?
“Black magic” actually refers to sihr (i.e., magic or sorcery).
The partial and temporary effects of magic are proven through the Qur'an and Hadith.
✿ Qur'anic Example:
When the magicians of Egypt threw down their ropes and staffs,
Mūsā (علیہ السلام) perceived them to be moving like snakes.
Even Mūsā (علیہ السلام) experienced fear in that moment.
◈ Qur'anic Evidence:
"فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ • فَأَوْجَسَ فِي نَفْسِهِ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ"
(Sūrah Ṭāhā: 66–67)
✿ Authentic Methods of Protection from Black Magic:
① Recitation of Al-Muʿawwidhatayn (Sūrah al-Falaq & Sūrah al-Nās)
② Recitation of Āyah al-Kursī
③ Other Prescribed (Masnūn) Supplications
✔ All of these are means of divine protection against the effects of magic.
Reference: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Volume 1, Kitāb al-Duʿāʾ, Page 485
Also cited in: Shahādat, October 1999 Editionھذا ما عندي واللہ أعلم بالصواب
