A friend of mine removed all her pictures from her facebook account....why??..."yar nazar lag jaati hai ,infact lag gayee,I got seriously ill after uploading my wedding pictures"she explained.
During your life you would have come across this phrase many a times especially if your origin is the subcontinent.If you are beautiful (in the eyes of the beholder),successfull,have a great job,have any thing others envy,you are likely to be a victim of an evil eye.The evil eye is a look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause injury or bad luck for the person at whom it is directed for reasons of envy or dislike. The term also refers to the power attributed to certain persons of inflicting injury or bad luck by such an envious or ill-wishing look.The evil eye or Nazar can be done out of love and unintentionally so it does not always have "evil" intentions attached to it..So how do you ward it off...just say chashme buddoor,or may be give some alms,or feed an eagle with some meat etc.To many,it has no significance what so ever."Celebrities ko nazar kion nahi lagti?Chand,sitaaroon ko kion nai lagti?.There are as many arguments not to believe in it,as there are to believe.But there are various cultures that do believe in it.
. The idea appears several times in translations (Tirgumim) of the Old Testament. It was a widely extended belief among many Mediterranean tribes and cultures: It started in
Classical Greece and later passed to
ancient Rome.
.The evil eye is known as ayin harsha in Arabic, ayin horeh in Hebrew, droch shuil in Scotland, mauvais oeil in France, bösen blick in Germany, mal occhio in Italy, mal ojo or el ojo in Spain and was known as oculus malus among the classical Romans. In Dari and Pashto it is called Nazar.The idea expressed by the term causes many cultures to pursue protective measures against it.
According to Islamic sources the effect of an evil eye exists. Imam al-Bukhari reported on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "The effect of an evil eye is a fact." However, the evil eye can never harm unless Allah wills so. Hence, it shouldn't be a cause of fear or terror to anyone. Thus in Islam when there is praise of something or someone "MashAllah" or what Allah wishes is always repeated after it for good omen i.e. "she is so beautiful, MashAllah".
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet ordered me or somebody else to do Ruqya (if there was danger) from an evil eye. (Bukhari)
Narrated Um Salama: That the Prophet saw in her house a girl whose face had a black spot. He said. "She is under the effect of an evil eye; so treat her with a Ruqya." (Bukhari)
Allah Almighty gave the humanity two suras to ward off all sorts of evil,sura-al -falak, and sura-an-naas.
Surah Al Falaq (Pickthall Translation)
Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak
From the evil of that which He created;
From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,
And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,
And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.
Surah An-Naas (Pickthall Translation)
Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
The King of mankind,
The God of mankind,
From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,
Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind,
Of the jinn and of mankind.
The belief in the evil eye has become almost universal in its appeal and allure.But one should always remember that without Allah's will nothing can happen.There is a famous saying "prevention is better than cure".Always ask Allah to protect you from all sorts of evil.Chashme bad door - may the evil eye be far away from you.
sources:
- wikipedia
- IF LOOKS COULD KILL-THE STORY OF THE EVIL EYE
By: Hangama Ahmadzai 6 Jan 2005
- Islamonline.com
- Dundes, Allen. The Evil Eye: A Casebook (University of Wisconsin Press, 1992).
