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al-'ayn (the evil eye)

Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · term/term:al-ayn

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12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIf you deny the evil eye, why do you cite scholars who believed in it? Mufti Abu Layth says scholars who believed in the evil eye were following the science of their day, and one does not take science from them. Question written questionposition checkedal-'ayn (the evil eye)Ibn AshurImam MalikImam al-Bukhari machine3 min 50 s1:47:10on YouTube
15 Nov 2020video Does the Quran mention the evil eye? No: the Quran mentions envy (hasad) but never the evil eye, and the verse about eyes making the Prophet slip is a metaphor for hateful stares, as Ibn Ashur and others explain. Lessonposition checkedQuran 68:51 (they would almost make you slip with their eyes)hasad (envy)al-'ayn (the evil eye)Sahih al-Bukhari machine6 min 43 s2:41on YouTube
13 Feb 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Is the evil eye real in Islam? Belief that a look can cause disease or disaster contradicts tawhid; the evil eye is simply envy, whose harm lies in how it is acted upon. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikreport: the evil eye is realal-'ayn (the evil eye)hasad (envy) machine6 min 50 s0:00on YouTube