Praise be to Allaah.
Among the most important means of
warding off the danger of sihr before it happens is seeking protection through
the adhkaar (dhikr) prescribed in Islam, making du’aa’ and reciting prayers
seeking refuge that were narrated from the Prophet صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم. These include:
1 –
Reciting Aayat al-Kursiy [al-Baqarah 2:255] after every prescribed prayer,
after reciting the adhkaar which are prescribed after the salaam.
2
– Reciting Aayat al-Kursiy when going to sleep. This is the greatest aayah in
the Qur’aan, in which Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says:
“Allaah!
Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He),
Al-Hayyul-Qayyum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains & protects all that
exists). Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in
the heavens & whatever is on the earth. Who is he that can intercede with
Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures)
in this world, & what will happen to them in the Hereafter. And they will
never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursiy
extends over the heavens & the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding &
preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.”
[al-Baqarah
2:255]
3 –
Reciting “Qul huwa Allaahu ahad”, “Qul a’oodhu bi Rabb il-Falaq”
and “Qul a’oodhu bi Rabb il-Naas” [i.e., the last three soorahs of the
Qur’aan] following every prescribed prayer, and reciting these three soorahs (three
times) at the beginning of the day after Fajr prayer, and at the beginning of
the night after Maghrib prayer.
4 – Reciting the last two aayahs of
Soorat al-Baqarah at the beginning of the night.
“The Messenger (Muhammad) believes in what has been sent
down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in
Allaah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say,) ‘We make no
distinction between one another of His Messengers’ — and they say, ‘We hear,
and we obey. (We seek) Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the return (of
all).’
"Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى burdens not a person
beyond his scope. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is
punished for that (evil) which he has earned."
[al-Baqarah 2:285-285]
And it was narrated in a saheeh report
that the Messenger of Allaah (صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم) said: “Whoever recites Aayat al-Kursiy at night will have
ongoing protection from Allaah and no devil will come near him until morning
comes.” And it was also narrated in a saheeh report that the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever recites
the last two aayahs of Soorat al-Baqarah at night, that will suffice him.”
The meaning – and Allaah knows best – is that that will be sufficient
protection for him against all evil.
5 – Seeking refuge in the perfect words
of Allaah from the evil of that which He has created, night and day and when
stopping to rest anywhere, be it in the city, in the desert, in the air or on
the sea. The Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:
“Whoever stops to rest and says, ‘A’oodhu bi kalimaat
Allaah il-taammah min sharri ma khalaq (I seek refuge in the perfect
words of Allaah from the evil of that which He has created),’ nothing will harm
him until he moves on from that place.”
6 – The Muslim should say at the
beginning of the day and the beginning of the night (three times):
“Bismillaah
alladhi laa yadurr ma’a ismihi shay’un fi’l-ardi wa laa fi’l-samaa’i wa huwa
al-samee’ al-‘aleem (In the Name of Allaah with Whose name nothing on earth or
in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing).”
According to saheeh reports, the Messenger of Allaah صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم urged
us to recite this, and this is a means of keeping safe from all evil.
These
adhkaar and prayers for refuge are among the greatest means of warding off the
evil of sihr (witchcraft) and other evils, for the one who recites them
regularly with sincerity and faith, putting his trust in Allaah and depending
upon Him, and being content with that.
They are also some of the most
effective weapons for warding off sihr after it has happened, along with humbly
beseeching Allaah constantly and asking Him to remove the harm and relieve the
distress. Among the du’aa’s which have been narrated from the Prophet صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم to treat diseases
such as sihr and other things is the ruqyah by means of which he صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم used to treat his
companions:
“Allaahumma Rabb
al-naas, adhhib il-ba’s, washfi anta al-Shaafi laa shifaa’a illa shifaa’uka
shifaa’an laa yughaadir saqaman (O Allaah, Lord of mankind, remove the harm and
heal him, for You are the Healer and there is no healing except Your healing,
with a healing which does not leave any disease behind).”
There is also the
ruqyah by means of which Jibreel treated the Prophet صلّى
اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم:
“Bismillaah
urqeeka min kulli shay’in yu’dheeka, wa min sharri kulli nafsin aw ‘aynin
haasid Allaah yashfeek, bismillaah urqeek (In the Name of Allaah I perform
ruqyah for you, from everything that is harming you, from the evil of every
soul or envious eye may Allaah heal you, in the Name of Allaah I perform ruqyah
for you).”
(This should be repeated three times.)
And Allaah knows
best.
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