al-Ayn Haqq - Muhammad ibn Abd al-Mu'ti - (104)

al-Ayn HaqqMuhammad ibn Abd al-Mu'ti

Among the protective invocations and remembrances that may be recited by someone who sees something that impresses him is: “There is no power or strength except through Allah.”

Suhayb reported that, during the days of Hunayn, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would move his lips after the Fajr prayer, saying something we had not seen him say before. We asked, “O Messenger of Allah, we see you doing something you did not do before. What are you saying as you move your lips?” He replied:

“One of the prophets before your time was impressed by the great number of his community. He said, ‘Nothing will be able to stand against these people.’ Allah then revealed to him: ‘Give your community the choice of one of three things: either We will unleash against them an enemy from outside their ranks who will overrun them; or hunger; or We will send death upon them.’ He consulted them, and they said, ‘As for the enemy, we have no strength to withstand them; as for hunger, we have no patience to endure it. Let it be death.’ Allah therefore sent death upon them, and seventy thousand of them died within three days.”

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) then said, upon seeing their great numbers, “So now I say: ‘O Allah, through You I strive, through You I assail and prevail, and through You I fight.’” Another narration reads: “O Allah, through You I fight, through You I assail and prevail, and there is no power or strength except through Allah.” (1)

Second: Concealing from an envious person the attractive qualities of whatever one fears may be afflicted by the evil eye

Its basis is established in the Quran, and there are authentic reports attributed to the Companions concerning it. The Prophet of Allah Jacob (peace be upon him) took precautions against the evil eye. Allah Most High says:

“And he said, ‘O my sons, do not enter through one gate, but enter through different gates. Yet I cannot avail you against Allah in the least. Judgment belongs to Allah alone. In Him I place my trust, and in Him let all who trust place their trust.’ When they entered as their father had instructed them, it could not avail them against Allah in the least; it merely fulfilled a need in Jacob’s heart. He truly possessed knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most people do not know.”

Surah Joseph (peace be upon him), verses (67–68)

(1) *Hasan* (good). Ahmad recorded it in *al-Musnad* (18458, 18461, and 23409), while al-Dārimī (2441) recorded only the supplication. It was transmitted through several chains from Thābit, from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Laylā, from Suhayb. The wording cited here is Ahmad’s. Al-Tirmidhī also recorded it (3340) through Maamar, from Thābit al-Bunānī, from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Laylā, from Suhayb. All the transmitters in its chain appear in *Sahīh Muslim*. However, Yahyā ibn Maīn said: “Maamar’s hadith from Thābit, Āsim ibn Abī al-Najūd, Hishām ibn Urwa, and others of this class is inconsistent and contains many errors.” Al-Tirmidhī also related at length, alongside the hadith, the story of the People of the Ditch; it is found in *Sahīh Muslim*.

ومن الرقى والأذكار التى يقولها من رأى شيئا فأعجبه أن يقول: لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله. فعن صهيب: أن رسول الله ﷺ كان أيام حنين يحرك شفتيه بعد صلاة الفجر بشيء لم نكن نراه يفعله فقلنا يا رسول الله إنا نراك تفعل شيئا لم تكن تفعله فما هذا الذي تحرك شفتيك قال إن نبيا فيمن كان قبلكم أعجبته كثرة أمته فقال لن يروم هؤلاء شيء فأوحى الله إليه أن خير أمتك بين إحدى ثلاث إما أن نسلط عليهم عدوا من غيرهم فيستبيحهم أو الجوع وإما أن نرسل عليهم الموت فشاورهم فقالوا أما العدو فلا طاقة لنا بهم وأما الجوع فلا صبر لنا عليه ولكن الموت فأرسل عليهم الموت فمات منهم في ثلاثة أيام سبعون ألفا قال رسول الله ﷺ فأنا أقول الآن حيث رأى كثرتهم اللهم بك أحاول وبك أصاول وبك أقاتل. وفى رواية: اللهم بك أقاتل وبك أصاول ولاحول ولا قوة إلا بالله. (١) الثانى: ستر محاسن ما يخاف عليه من العين عن الحاسد وثبت أصله فى الكتاب وفيه آثار موقوفات صحاح فقد اتقى العين نبى الله يعقوب ﵇ قال تعالى: ﴿وَقَالَ يَبَنِيّ لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مِن بَابٍ وَاحِدٍ وَادْخُلُوا مِنْ أَبْوَابٍ مّتَفَرّقَةٍ وَمَآ أُغْنِي عَنكُمْ مّنَ اللهِ مِن شَيْءٍ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلاّ للهِ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكّلْتُ وَعَلَيْهِ فَلْيَتَوَكّلِ الْمُتَوَكّلُونَ وَلَمّا دَخَلُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَبُوهُم مّا كَانَ يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ مّنَ اللهِ مِن شَيْءٍ إِلاّ حَاجَةً فِي نَفْسِ يَعْقُوبَ قَضَاهَا وَإِنّهُ لَذُو عِلْمٍ لّمَا عَلّمْنَاهُ وَلَكِنّ أَكْثَرَ النّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ﴾.سورة يوسف ﵇ الآيتان (٦٧ - ٦٨)

(١) حسن: أخرجه أحمد فى المسند (١٨٤٥٨ - ١٨٤٦١ - ٢٣٤٠٩) والدارمى (٢٤٤١) أخرج الدعاء فقط من طرق عن ثابت عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى عن صهيب. والرواية لأحمد. وأخرجه الترمذى (٣٣٤٠) من طريق معمر عن ثابت البناني عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى عن صهيب ورجاله رجال مسلم لكن قال يحيى بن معين: حديث معمر عن ثابت وعاصم بن أبى النجود وهشام بن عروة وهذا الضرب مضطرب كثيرالأوهام. وذكر مع الحديث قصة أصحاب الأخدود مطولا وهى فى صحيح مسلم.