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Fatwa CenterEvil eye can lead to death
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Can the evil eye cause a person to die?
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.
The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said that the evil eye is a reality and that if anything were to prevail over fate, it would be the evil eye. [Ahmad and Muslim]
In a Hadeeth narrated on the authority of Jaabir 
the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said that the evil eye may kill a person, and may make a camel ill so that its owner is obliged to slaughter it. [Abu Nu‘aym and Ibn ‘Adiyy] Al-Albaani graded this Hadeeth as Hasan (Sound).
The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said that the evil eye may kill a large number of people. Al-Albaani declared this Hadeeth as Hasan.
Therefore, the evil eye may affect the organs, the body or the self of a person. This is in accordance with fate. Allaah The Almighty made the evil eye a cause of death, as affirmed in the previous Hadeeths.
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