Question

Is this a Hadith?

“The evil-eye is true. If the evil- eye raced with fate, it would beat fate (it would change fate)”

What du’as can be recited for protection from the evil eye?

Answer

A similar authentic narration is recorded in Sahih Muslim and other Hadith collections.

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) reported that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The [ill effect of the] evil eye is true. If anything were to precede [alter the course of] taqdir it would have been the evil eye…”

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 2188)

See here for du’as for protection against the evil eye.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

صحيح مسلم:
(٢١٨٨) – وحدثنا عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الدارمي، وحجاج بن الشاعر، وأحمد بن خراش، – قال عبد الله: أخبرنا، وقال الآخران: – حدثنا مسلم بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثنا وهيب، عن ابن طاوس، عن أبيه، عن ابن عباس، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «العين حق، ولو كان شيء سابق القدر سبقته العين، وإذا استغسلتم فاغسلوا».