Question No. 2857 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified سطح محتوا: مقدماتی

Is Imam Jawad’s (AS) Protective Prayer Authenticated as a Safeguard Against the Evil Eye?

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Dear questioner, Master Ali Saei

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Is the prayer quoted below authenticated?

A prayer against the evil eye:

Imam Sadiq (AS): “If it were possible for you to open graves—and learn the causes of death—you would discover that the evil eye is responsible for most deaths.” Perhaps one of the most significant reported effects of this protective prayer is that it wards off the evil eye.

Imam Jawad (AS):
Protect yourself with this prayer. Even if you were to face the armies of the Romans and Turks, and they and all the people of the earth were to rise against you, they would be unable to harm you, and you would be safe from them all.

يا نور يا برهان يا مبين يا منير يا رب اكفني الشرور و افات الدهور و اسئلک النجاه يوم ينفخ في الصور

O Light, O Clear Proof, O Manifest One, O Illuminator! My Lord, protect me from evils and the afflictions of the ages. I ask You for deliverance on the day the Trumpet is blown.

Subject category: Jurisprudence and Rulings Hadith and Traditions Hadith

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The chain of transmission for Imam Jawad’s (AS) protective prayer against the evil eye is weak, though the prayer itself is dignified and well composed. It may be recited as a supplication and devotional prayer, but any definitive recommendation that it wards off the evil eye depends on the intentions of the person who prescribed it.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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The chain of transmission for the supplication in question is weak, though the supplication itself has dignity and gravitas. Accepting it simply as a prayer or intimate appeal to God is unobjectionable; prescribing it for the specific purpose mentioned, however, reflects the intentions of the person who wrote the prescription.

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Is Imam Jawad’s (AS) Protective Prayer Authenticated as a Safeguard Against the Evil Eye?

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