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3509. It was narrated that Abu Umāmah bin Sahl bin Hunaif said: "'Āmir bin Rabī'ah passed by Sahl bin Hunaif when he was having a bath, and said: 'I have never seen such beautiful skin.' Straightaway, he (Sahl) fell to the ground. He was brought to the Prophet ﷺ and it was said: 'Sahl has had a fit.' He said: 'Whom do you accuse with regard to him?' They said: "'Āmir bin Rabī'ah.' He said: 'Why would anyone of you kill his brother? If he sees something that he likes, then let him pray for blessing for him.' Then he called for water, and he told 'Āmir to perform ablution, then he washed his face and his arms up to the elbows, his knees
and inside his lower garment, then he told him to pour the water over him.” (Sahih)
(One of the narrators) Sufyân said: “Ma’mar narrated from Zuhri: ‘And he commanded him to pour the water over him from behind.’”
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If anything pleases one, he should invoke blessings in it. For example he should say ‘may Allâh bless you in your animal, or may Allâh bless in your strength or beauty’. Or he should say مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ [What Allâh willed (has occurred); there is no power except in Allah]. (Al-Kahaf: 39). Due to the blessings of this Verse, the evil eye does not harm him.
The other way for dispelling the influence of an evil eye is mentioned in the above Hadith, i.e., the influenced person should collect the water from the one who has affected him with his evil eye, after washing the parts of body as stated in the Hadith. This water should be given to someone to pour on the patient suddenly from behind him.
