Al-Hasan said: The remedy for an affliction of the evil eye is for a person to recite this verse. (1)
Abu Ali Hassan ibn Sa‘id al-Mani‘i informed us; Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammash al-Ziyadi informed us; Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Qattan narrated to us; Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Sulami informed us; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma‘mar informed us, from Hammam ibn Munabbih, who said: Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated to us, saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: “The evil eye is real.” And he forbade tattooing. (2)
Imam Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Qadi informed us; al-Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Dawud al-‘Alawi narrated to us; Abu Nasr ibn Muhammad ibn Hamdawayh ibn Sahl al-Marwazi informed us; Mahmud ibn Adam al-Marwazi narrated to us; Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from ‘Amr ibn Dinar, from ‘Urwah ibn ‘Amir, from ‘Ubayd ibn Rifa‘ah al-Zuraqi, that Asma’ bint ‘Umays said: “O Messenger of Allah, the children of Ja‘far are afflicted by the evil eye. Should I seek ruqyah for them?” He said: “Yes. If anything could precede the divine decree, the evil eye would have preceded it.” (4)