black magic(sihr)
Posted On 09/30/2007 02:28:34 by khatija
Answered by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Black magic (sihr) is something that definitely exists
and causes harm to people. The Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him &
give him peace) was also afflicted with black magic.
A Jew by the name of Labid ibn Asim who outwardly
posed to be a believer (munafiq) carried out black
magic on the Messenger
of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace). He took
the hair of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him &
give him peace)
and made eleven knots and placed it under a rock in a
well called Zarwan. The effect of this was that it
created uncertainty
in the mind of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him
& give him peace) as to whether he had done or not
done certain things
(although this had no effect on his religious and
prophetic obligations). At times the Messenger of
Allah (Allah bless him
& give him peace)
felt he had accomplished something yet he had not done
so and vice versa. The angel Jibra?il informed the
Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give him peace) as to what had
occurred and came down with the two Surahs, namely
Surah al-Falaq and Surah
an-Nas.
The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him
peace) together with the Companions (Allah be pleased
with them all) went
to the well
and removed the knotted hair. As each verse was
recited, the knots untied miraculou
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