Q: "What is the difference between the
evil eye and envy and how do we protect ourselves from them?"
A: "There is no practical difference , but the origin of the evil eye is from envy, that is because the one who causes the evil eye - and we seek refuge in Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى - has in his heart envy for the servants of Allaah and he does not love any good for anyone. If therefore he sees something from a person that pleases him and he is envious then this emotion emanates from him and afflicts the individual he envies, and that is why Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى said, “… And from the evil of the envier when he envies."
As for protection from the
evil of the envier and the evil eye:
1 - Trust and dependence in Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى,
and that a person does not turn to these affairs and give them importance and
concern, rather he shuns away from them.
2 - Using the beneficial supplications
mentioned in the Qur'aan and Sunnah for they are the best of protection for a
person, just like what has been authenticated from the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم regarding
Ayat ul-Kursee and that the one who recites it at night then there will not
cease to be a protector upon him and Shaytaan will not approach him until he
awakens in the morning.
Regarding this I say this
point - The imaginations and misconceptions [whisperings] have increased in
people in recent times, so they consider [if anything occurs] it must be evil
eye, magic or jinn, to the extent if some of them catch a cold they will say
"it is evil eye, magic or jinn"[!]. Turn and shun away from all this
[such thoughts] and instead trust and depend in Allaah. Do not entertain such whispers
so they may depart from you, for indeed whenever a person allows a thought to
enter his mind he becomes preoccupied by it, and if only he were to ignore it
so it would depart from him and he would not be afflicted by harm. This is like
if a person is afflicted by an injury, if he was to ignore it and preoccupy
himself with other affairs he would forget the injury and not be focused on the
pain, however if he focuses on it he feels the pain."
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