Is Repentance Due if One Intentionally Tries to Inflict an Evil Eye on Someone?

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

I sometimes suffer from misgivings. I have a question about the link below. Is repentance not necessary if, for example, one intentionally (no idea if that is possible) does an evil eye to both Muslims and non-Muslims? For example, by saying or thinking I am going to do the evil eye, whether harmful things have happened due to this or not?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.

One cannot intentionally inflict an evil eye on someone. If one intended this way to inflict it on someone, one should repent and seek forgiveness.

There is No Harm or Reciprocating Harm

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Do not cause harm or return harm. Whoever harms others, Allah will harm him. Whoever is harsh with others, Allah will be harsh with him.” [Bayhaqi, Sunan al-Kubra]

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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.