Evil eye & envy of others
Nazar, ḥasad, and the harm of ill will
44 verified supplications · 30 written out in full
أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ …
When you want to protect your children
The Prophet ﷺ used these words for his grandsons Ḥasan and Ḥusayn.
مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ فِي صَبَاحِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَمَسَاءِ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ …
When you want to be kept safe
Whoever says it three times in the evening, nothing will harm him until
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِن …
When you feel someone's ill will
Revealed as a refuge, and it names the envier by name.
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ …
When you cannot shake a bad feeling
The last sūrah of the Qur'an, a refuge from what is whispered into the c
وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ …
When you cannot stop looking at what others have
A direct instruction about where not to let your eyes settle.
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ …
When you need something to hold on to
What the Qur'an says it is for.
اعْرِضُوا عَلَىَّ رُقَاكُمْ لاَ بَأْسَ بِالرُّقَى مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ شِرْكٌ
Reciting over yourself or someone else
They asked whether it was permitted. He ﷺ answered with one condition.
وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ …
When you want what someone else was given
An instruction about wishing, followed by what to do instead.
أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى …
When someone else got what you were qualified for
A statement about who is doing the distributing.
اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ حَقٌّ
On the evil eye, said plainly
Four words from Aisha's narration, and an instruction attached.
لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَلاَ هَامَةَ وَلاَ صَفَرَ، وَفِرَّ مِنَ الْمَجْذُومِ كَمَا تَفِرُّ …
When you are reading bad signs into things
Four superstitions named and rejected in a single sentence.
نَعَمْ وَلَكِنْ رَبِّي أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى أَسْلَمَ
Everyone has one assigned
Aisha felt jealous one night, and he told her what she had actually sens
وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًا
When you ask for something in a bad moment
A verse about the speed at which people ask.
وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ …
On competing, and what to compete for
An instruction that redirects the impulse rather than removing it.
لا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
A condition placed on belief itself
Short, and phrased as an exclusion.
انْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَلاَ تَنْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَكُمْ فَهُوَ …
Which direction to compare in
A practical instruction about where to look.
لاَ حَسَدَ إِلاَّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ، رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَى هَلَكَتِهِ …
Two cases where wanting what someone has is allowed
An exception carved out of a prohibition.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تُرْبَةُ أَرْضِنَا. بِرِيقَةِ بَعْضِنَا، يُشْفَى سَقِيمُنَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّنَا
A small ritual for someone in pain
He would touch the ground, then touch the place that hurt.
اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ …
A safeguard he built into his own anger
He asked that anything harsh he said be converted.
بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ تُرْبَةُ أَرْضِنَا بِرِيقَةِ بَعْضِنَا لِيُشْفَى بِهِ سَقِيمُنَا بِإِذْنِ …
Wiping an injury with earth and saliva
Aisha described it for anything, illness or wound.
إِنَّمَا بَقَاؤُكُمْ فِيمَا سَلَفَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنَ الأُمَمِ، كَمَا بَيْنَ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ …
A complaint made by earlier generations
Those who came before will object that the later ones did less.
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَ هَذَا
A mother's prayer against her own son
She was in the middle of praying when she saw him admired.
لاَ تَقُلْ تَعِسَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَعَاظَمَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ …
What he corrected when the animal stumbled
The rider had said the obvious thing.
قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ آيَاتٍ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُنَّ
What he said had just been sent down
ʿUqbah reports it as an announcement.
يَا سَعْدُ، إِنِّي لأُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ وَغَيْرُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْهُ، خَشْيَةَ أَنْ …
Why he gave to the person he thought less of
Saʿd pressed him about it three times.
إِنَّ أَبَاكُمَا كَانَ يُعَوِّذُ بِهَا إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ …
The words he used over Hasan and Husayn
He told them where the words came from.
لاَ تَبَاغَضُوا، وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا، وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا …
Four instructions in a row, all of them negative
Then one that is not.
إِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْخَلْقِ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ …
A one line instruction for envy
It names both things people compare.
لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تَسْأَلُ طَلاَقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَسْتَفْرِغَ صَحْفَتَهَا، فَإِنَّمَا …
What a woman may not ask for
The reason given closes the whole question.
أَوَفِي هَذَا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ عُجِّلُوا طَيِّبَاتِهِمْ …
What Umar was told about the mattress
He had wept at the mark it left on his side.
From the wider collections
Each of these passed the same grading rule. They are shown with the source narration rather than a written-out translation.
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3371 · Prophets
الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ، وَالسِّحْرُ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2766 · Wills and Testaments (Wasaayaa)
إِنَّهُ لاَ يَقْتُلُ الصَّيْدَ، وَلاَ يَنْكَأُ الْعَدُوَّ، وَإِنَّهُ يَفْقَأُ الْعَيْنَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6220 · Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الزِّنَا، أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ لاَ مَحَالَةَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6243 · Asking Permission
لاَ تَحَاسَدُوا وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا وَلاَ تَحَسَّسُوا وَلاَ تَنَاجَشُوا …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6538 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
لاَ تَقَاطَعُوا وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا وَكُونُوا إِخْوَانًا …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6539 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
لاَ تَحَاسَدُوا وَلاَ تَنَاجَشُوا وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا وَلاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6541 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ تَتَنَافَسُونَ ثُمَّ تَتَحَاسَدُونَ ثُمَّ تَتَدَابَرُونَ ثُمَّ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7427 · The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
أَبْصِرُوهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَدْعَجَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ عَظِيمَ الأَلْيَتَيْنِ فَلاَ أُرَاهُ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2248 · Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)
إِنَّهُ لاَ يَصِيدُ صَيْدًا وَلاَ يَنْكَأُ عَدُوًّا وَإِنَّمَا يَفْقَأُ الْعَيْنَ وَيَكْسِرُ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5270 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
دَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ دَاءُ الأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمُ الْحَسَدُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ هِيَ الْحَالِقَةُ لاَ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2510 · Chapters on the description of the Day of Judgement, Ar-Riqaq, and Al-Wa
ابْصُرُوهُ فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَبْيَضَ سَبِطًا قَضِيءَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِهِلاَلِ بْنِ …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3468 · The Book of Divorce
انْظُرُوهَا فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَبْيَضَ سَبِطًا قَضِيءَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِهِلاَلِ بْنِ …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3469 · The Book of Divorce
لاَ تُؤْذِي امْرَأَةٌ زَوْجَهَا إِلاَّ قَالَتْ زَوْجَتُهُ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ لاَ تُؤْذِيهِ …
Sunan Ibn Mājah 2014 · The Chapters on Marriage