What is the ruling on ruqyah for the evil eye and envy using "shabbah" (alum), which is passed over the body while reciting the Two Protectors (Al-Mu'awwidhatayn), and then thrown into fire, so that it is said the hearts of the envious boil and the effect of the evil eye disappears?
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for the evil eye is legislated in the Book of Allah and the , but using stones for it is not legislated. Malik disliked for the reciter of ruqyah to hold an iron object or salt in his hand, or to tie knots in a thread. As for throwing a stone into fire to boil it, believing that this will remove the evil eye, it is merely a saying without knowledge. It is feared that this might be like the incense used by charlatans, as the Shari'ah has not made that a means to ward off the evil eye. The Muslim should suffice with what Allah has legislated.
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