Envy Towards the Blessed and Treatment Through Ruqyah
Authored by: Dr. Raza Abdullah Pasha (Hafizahullah)
❖ Question:
Who among people become the greatest target of envy?
❖ Answer:
Every person blessed with a bounty, who shows negligence in safeguarding himself, becomes a target of envy.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Asma bint Umais (RA) — the wife of Sayyiduna Ja‘far (RA):
«ما لي أرى أجسام بني أخي ضارعة أى نحيفة تصيبهم حاجة؟ قالت: لا، ولكن العين تسرع إليهم، قال: ارقيهم قالت: فعرضت عليه كلاما لا بأس به، فقال: نعم ارقيهم»
"What is the matter that I see my nephews and nieces looking weak? Do you face any hardship?" She replied: "No, but the evil eye quickly affects them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Perform ruqyah on them." Asma (RA) said: "I presented before him some words which contained nothing wrong, and he (ﷺ) said: 'Yes, perform ruqyah on them.'"
[Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2198]
