Evil Eye in Islam
The evil eye refers to when one person harms another by means of the eye. Ibn Al-Qayyim said: The origin of the evil eye is liking something, then the evil soul follows it, pursues it and seeks to do harm to it, seeking help to apply its poison by looking at the object. *1* Ibn Manzoor said: It is said “So-and-so was struck by the evil eye” if an enemy or an envious person looks at him and he is affected by that and becomes sick as a result. *2* Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said: What is meant by the evil eye is looking at something with admiration contaminated with envy from one who is evil in nature so it results in harm.*3* It basically involves the work of a demon. When a person likes something and admires it, an evil jinn tries to destroy that thing as a result of envy. It is more effective when the person who admires is more envious, or when the person is of bad nature. A bad person is more likely to be loved by evil jinn. Therefore, if such a person likes something, the evil jinn wo...