What is magic and how it happens?

Definition of magic:

In start, the knowledge and understanding to know the secrets of death and life and everything of universe, was given the name of magic but afterwards by knowing the secrets of its nature, opposite to it and along with it such ways were developed, from which the reality of magic changed completely. That’s why the definition of magic was said this, One such technique, in which that every task can be accomplished by your own wish, whether its sources are permissible or not permissible, whether it is under the plan of Lord or away from it”. But in reality, the human being got lost from true path to the path of Satan. Because the only way of every task to reach completion was based on oppression and persecution and this path is this that is opposite from Allah’s will and plan. That’s why it is given the name of Satan’s acts. As the development was done in the talent of magic that many statuses was completed of it and this how, its difficult kinds came into being. In words of Sir Paal Haarday! “Magic is one such false talent that effects on natural incidents”.

Definition of witch craft (In eyes of scholars)

The definition of witch craft, which is told by scholars of Shariah is briefly mentioned below. To move someone away from its reality is called witch craft. (Al-Zahri رحمت اللہ علیہ). Phantom (magician) presents the false by making it truth and moves something from its reality and this thing a work is called witch-craft. (Ibn-e-Manzoor رحمت اللہ علیہ). One such knowledge, which changes the health in sickness (Hazrat Ayesha رضی اللہ عنھا), to present false in form of truth is said to be as witch-craft. (Ibn-e-Faris). To make something so beautiful and present it in such a way that people get shocked by it. (Muheet-ul-Muheet)

Witch-craft is specified with that work, whose reason is hidden and it is presented by moving away from the reality of its truth and the betrayal is obvious in it. (Imam Fakhar-ud-din Razi). Magic is the name of such knots and such words and blows that can be said or written. Or this that, the magician do such act from which the body of that person or heart or mind gets affected, on which magic has to be done. (Imam Ibn-e-Qadama Al-Muqaddasi رحمت اللہ علیہ)

Magic is done with the effect and implementation of deuced spirits from which human natures are affected. (Imam Ibn-e-Qaim رحمت اللہ علیہ)

Such meticulous or gentle skill in which the factor of deceiving is obvious and takes place from non-real superstitions. It has been gained from help of devils and talks with stars. (Imam Raghib رحمت اللہ علیہ)

Sayings of Prophet ﷺ about magic:

The one who learns the knowledge of stars is like as if he has learned one part of magic. Then how much he will proceed in knowledge of stars, that much there will be increase in knowledge of magic (from Hazrat Abbas رضی اللہ عنہ ) That man is not among us who took out augury himself or the work of taking out augury is done for him and the one who did claim of knowing knowledge of unseen and the one who do magic or did magic for someone and the one who went to the synthetic or whatever he says, he approved it so he did kufr with the shariah of messenger of Allah ﷺ. (From Umar Ibn-e-Hussain رضی اللہ عنہ). That man won’t enter the paradise who would believe on magic. (From Moosa Ash’ari رضی اللہ عنہ) The one who came to the one who claims of knowing the unseen or magician or to the synthetic and ask anything from him and then whatever he said, he approved it so he did kufr with the religion that was revealed on prophet of Allah ﷺ and he won’t have entrance in paradise.                                                  (From Anas Ibn-e-Masood رضی اللہ عنہ)

The approval of magic from Quran:

Magic is in reality present on Earth. According to it the saying of Lord is like this in Quran, (یعلمون الناس السحر). {They make people (earn magic) [Al-Baqarah]} (ومن شر النفثت فی العقد) (And from the evil of those women who blow in knot) (Al-Falaq). (انما صنعوا کیدسحر) Its reality is nothing. This is the show of magic. (Al-Aeraf) (وما ھم بضارین بہ من احدالا باذن اللہ(البقرہ) (Al-Baqarah) And those magicians cannot destroy anyone from the source of magic until this that it is the command of Allah.

Today’s era and magic:

Magic actually is a vast trap of illusion. In which so much attraction is added that people think that it is the only easy way to have any work done and to give it hype in this way are the so-called mullahs, peers, beggars, and safli ones, who have nominal knowledge but they brilliantly knows the way and talent of making the people gormless. Who are spreading the work of destruction, un-peacefulness, uneasiness, and hatred in society, in the greed of wealth and whoever gets stucked in their trap for once then he doesn’t take name of coming out of it. Mostly the un-informal aamil are those, who doesn’t know even, little bit of the secret of this knowledge but tell their nobleness under now achievement or then baseless and

By making false and wrong amulet, threads etc, have taken the creed of looting the people.

Firstly, magic is such an art which doesn’t suit any follower of Prophet Muhammad               (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) because via this, the foremost mark appears on the Muslim’s faith and he gets into delusion and embarrassment by getting apart from the right path. Then this that magic itself is an act of annihilation and loss. From this, bad can be expected but not any good. Magic is grossly an act of annihilation and embarrassment. This is the reason why such people keep on spreading the talks full of destruction and damage which have no involvement into the reality. Upon this, manifestation is that the relevant people do not question such people nor do they grip them and hence as a result such people remain too successful in spreading this sin. This is the reason why Allah has said in Quran: “These people do not stop each other from the sin which they do, these people do very bad deed.”(Al-Maa’ida: 79). Today’s magician has always attained advantage from the weakness of people and he hasn’t done any wrong. He did everything by putting his life in danger, otherwise in that time, the list of such people is even lengthier than devils. Who have taken and is taking the advantage of human’s weakness under the cover of religion and politics for the success and welfare of mankind in the name of different people. Otherwise if see in the light of reality than human due to his immeasurable mental health, shouldn’t allow anyone to take advantage of his weakness. This is the reason that simple people get trapped by the magicians and keep on wasting their entire savings.

Traps of Magicians:

Magicians take work through different false true exploits and endless thinking and illusion. By getting the knowledge of every human’s weakness, magicians grant them with colorful talks and make such stories whose existence isn’t there at all. Putting any normal human into illusion is an extremely easier work for them and illusion is such a thing whose ailment wasn’t even found from Doctor Luqman (علیہ السلام) side. This way, so called activated perfect people, tell so many stories of their perfections and show such dreams via which, even an intelligent man gets trapped by them and then dance on their tunes and get on the sinful path by throwing away his/her goodness and start diving into sea of speciousness.

Types of Magic:

Magic has been divided into two types. One type is imaginary which depends upon and sleight of hand. Second is the one in which the aim is to apart male & female and to make people upset. The specialist magicians have divided this into two branches. One bilmisl magic and the other tactile magic. Both of these are linked with the continuity of thoughts. In one, similar thoughts are there and in the other integrated thoughts appear. First is linked with bilmsl magic ant the other with tactile magic. In magic bilmsl, practical steps and similarity in decisions exist, like one common proverb is famous that black bricks black roads, Allah rain down hard & loud. This is one practical face of magic bilmsl and in this type, magic’s support is taken via anything’s similarity. Like, to give someone mental stress, pins are stinging in magic, etc etc. And in this case, dummies are used which be the twins of magic affected people and is continued in this context. Similarly, in such cases, sacrifices from different animals are also taken. So this that work is taken from such ways in which collective discussion is beneficial. Whereas in other type, normally hypnotism like ways are adopted and via the touch of hands and talks, the others person is put into extreme illusion; getting out of which becomes impossible for him. Or else, via the clothes of human, or any body part or the ashes of man which are commonly called masan; are used.

Magic and Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم):

Normally, this talk is famous that when Prophet Muhammad(صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) couldn’t get saved from magic [معاذ اللہ], then who are we. This way, by heart magic is covered on hearts and without any reason, everything is related to magic but no one tries to get to the real point in that regard, what is the reason behind. The reason is that in Arab society, before Islam, magic had grown so much and was involved in the daily routine of people that the birth, arrival and miracles of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)started to lighten the magical art of magicians and the lock from their lie and their respect was decreasing day by day. As, before the birth of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم), the Christians talent in magic spoke and people always considered right to whatever they used to say, in this situation Islam appeared to be the right and due to this the income of life of Christians was badly affected and Muslims started to spread and grow in the entire society day by day. This brought to them an extreme mental stress, they started to relate the miracles of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)with magic so that people [معاذ اللہ] start to feel bad about Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)couldn’t spread and in this way the work of preaching Islam could be stopped. In such a situation, the testing order of Allah came and the Prophet Muhammad                                 (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)obeyed it and like this the Christians got the chance to do magic on Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)and like this Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)got ill to some extent. As stated by Hazrat Ayesha (رضی اللہ عنھا) (Bukhari o Muslim), the well-known magician Lubaid bin Aasam of Banu Zareeq did magic on Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم). Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)used to feel like He is doing something although when there wasn’t any such thing. One day Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)prayed to God many times. Then to Hazrat Ayesha (رضی اللہ عنھا)

said: O Ayesha! Do you know that in which ever matter I have asked dya from Allah. He has accepted my dua. Two men (Angels) came to me. One of them sat beside me and the other sat in my feet. They said while discussing with each other that magic has been done on him. On the insist of feet one, beside one said that, Lubaid Bin Asim has done magic on him so that the act of preaching of Islam would stop.

He again asked that, “In which thing?” The second one said in the hairs of comb and in empty blossom of dates. He said that where are they. The second one replied that inside the well of zee-urwan Prophet ﷺ took Hazrat Abu Bakar رضی اللہ عنہ  and other companions رضی اللہ عنہ  to that well and saw that Prophet ﷺ said: O Ayesha! The water of that well seem like the addition of henna is in it, its tree of date seemed like as they are the heads of Satans. Hazrat Ayesha رضی اللہ عنھا  says that I said: Why didn’t Prophet ﷺ burry them? (Hairs and blossom of dates on which magic was done). Prophet ﷺ said: No! Allah جل جلالہ gave me healing. I didn’t feel better that I shall involve people in pugnacities. That’s why I made it buried. According to few narrations, Prophet ﷺ went to that magician and asked that have you done magic on me. So he gave answer is yes. On this Prophet ﷺ said: If I will do magic on anyone of you, so will you let it be done. He said that whoever will do this, we will return his magic on himself again. On this Prophet ﷺ said: In your eyes, the magicians, hocus-pocus, or illuminist, will be from unseen but I didn’t do anything from which your magic shall return on you and you get loss also. Through by doing magic on me, you gave me loss. But from my side, no such act is done. Now also if you don’t accept me as a messenger, so it’s your own wish and Prophet ﷺ returned back.

If with the intense look, the light shall be put on this incident so this reality comes clearly in front that under the wish of Allah جل جلالہ, to prevent Prophet ﷺ from the true path, this crime was done by Lubaid Bin Asim. Otherwise, no power of earth can experience any sort of magic, spook or tip on beloved of Allah جل جلالہ, Prophet ﷺ and neither it is been even born in world because this is such name in world due to which not only the forgiveness of messenger and Prophets is been accepted but from which complete healing of every disease of universe is gained and magic and spook, opens their reality, devilry and ghosts run away, Satan iblees asks protection from whom and misguidance and humiliation finishes by drawing in its own ocean.

Reality of magic:

If thinking is done upon the reality of magic then it will be known that malfunction is been found in it. Where it is false to understand that alike, concordant, and similar things keep same qualities, there this thinking is also not correct that the things that after being different, keeps relation with each other. The way of magic and invading of heat is same. Someone invades the heart with magic and takes out work and someone from love. On this basis, very important rule of magic is based on compilation. According to few it’s only an imagination and there is no reality on it and its demonstration is from the verse 60 of surah-e-Tauha of Quran: “Suddenly there ropes and their sticks, were felt like running, from the power of their magic, to Hazrat Moosa علیہ السلام”. And some people know it as reality.

Kinds of magic in eyes of Hazrat Imam Razi رحمت اللہ علیہ

1.      Knowledge of spook of worshiping 7 stars. (In modern era it is said as Ilm-ul-burooj)

2.      The magic of ashaab or Adhaans and nafoos e qawya. (Which is called black magic)

3.      Magic through creepy spirits and Satans and ghosts. (The magic of safli acts)

4.      To invade eyes from intense speed and hocus-pocus. (Hypnotism)

5.      Magic from strange things. (Captivity etc)

6.      The medical magic. (To give poison to human beings through medicines or put masan)

7.      The magic filled with complaining and hatred. (Jealousy and evil eye)

8.      The magic of different demonstration. (To take work from different ghosts, phantom, fairy, wraith etc, after controlling them)

The army of Satan and secret doors of entering heart: The army of Satan through which he attacks on human being in heart. Hazrat Mujahid رحمت اللہ علیہ says that 5 boys of Satan are allotted on 5 big tasks. The names of those boys are this: Basr, Aawar, Daasim, Zalnabooz.

1.      Basr: is allotted on this service that to give inducement of taska of darkness to people. Give inducement to people, involved in difficulty of tearing the neck and slaping on face and do threnode.

2.      Aawar: it is allotted on adultery. It gives inducement of adultery to people and involves them in adultery.

3.      Daasim: it is assigned on this task that he puts fight among family members and makes them enemies of each other.

4.      Mabsoot: He insists people on speaking lie.

5.      Zalnabooz: He is assigned on market. To lessen the weighting and involves people in other bad things. Apart from them, one Satan is allotted on prayer. Whose name is khanzanab and one Satan is on ablution. His name is Dulhaan.

Few reasons of uncontrollable magic:

The magic and ghosts are so much spreader in today’s era that they aren’t destitute of description. You will get someone surely in every street, every society, who is involved in this unlike business and is making our roots empty like ulcer. Have you thought sometime that why there wasn’t so much hype of magic in past era and why they have become uncontrollable today. Come let’s read it few important reasons.

Secret doors of Satan to enter heart:

As the caravan of Satan are always in search of misguiding and kidnapping humans. From this, from immunity of Satan, one ignorance is also intensely destructive. These, as the attack of Satan on human is not open like seen enemy, that’s why, it firstly invades these doors and paths. Although, to enter in human heart, Satan has many ways, still the discussion of few important ways from them is below:

Jealousy and greed:

Human become deaf and blind in jealousy and greed. When Satan finds the feeling of these both or one of these so he get the opportunity of destroying the heart and he keeps on moving and pushing the heart of human in ground of sins, like a ball. It is a narration that when Hazrat Nuh علیہ السلامgot inside the ship so Satan was also present. Hazrat Nuh علیہ السلام said that why you have come here? Satan replied: that’s why because these people are my followers from heart and physically they read your kalma. Hazrat Nuh علیہ السلامsaid, Get out accursed. Satan said that in world people have been destroyed by 5 things. I shall tell you 3 things. Immediately the revelation came those also 2 things from Satan. Rest of the 3 things is irrelevant from you. Satan said that 1 of them is jealousy. Due to jealousy I got cursed and accursed in court of lord. Second thing is greed. If (Hazrat) Adam علیہ السلامwon’t have done greed of living in heaven forever so he won’t taken out of heaven.

Anger and infatuation 

Both the above elements are the gateways for satan to enter into the body of human beings. Due to anger and infatuation our nerves becomes weak and we start playing at the hands of evil forces. The evil force treats you as its new born child. Satan asked moses to seek forgiveness from Allah as he was thrown out by Allah for not submitting to Hazrat Adam علیہ السلام. This was a condition put on him. Satan answered that he has not submitted before the Hazrat Adam علیہ السلام when he was alive and now after his death it is impossible. Satan said that when a person is angry he runs in him like his blood.

Love of worldly things

When Satan sees the desire of a man for worldly things he breeds this temptation in man to strive for more of the things e .g he may indulge in building his house and until that project is finished he himself is so near to death that forgets everything therefore a man should avoid such thoughts.

Satan on your mind and its outcome

Difference between intuition and waswasa;- when a notion comes in the mind of person and he runs to achieve its target that may be building his house. In pursuit of this task he completely forgets everything and moves in that direction. If it is good idea then it is intuition and if it is bad then it is satanic whispering over your thinking his will.

Cause of intuition and satanic thoughts.

When a person starts conceiving notions about anything its source it is always coming from different angles as it is the will of Allah. As per hahaith every kind of satanic thoughts starts in person’s heart and its source is Satan it is called the Satanic whispering over your thinking his will.  If you feel it is from satan then recite اعوذ باللہ من الشیطن الرجیم. Such forces put their weight on you to surrender to satan. The tussle is in your heart what to do. In a hadith Allah says it is in your heart. To get rid of such forces you should divert your attention to some other project.

This technique can be repeated however it is infact Allah’s Zakir that separates us from those evil thoughts. God fearing people don’t submit to such attractions. Such persons are rare. These god fearing people don’t fear Satan. Hazrat Mujahid has described in its tasfir من شر الوسواس الخناس  that our heart is attacked by satan from all four sides however if man does Allah Zakir his size is reduced and evil forces lose their grip on you however if is overpowering you then those satanic thoughts stays in your heart. Hahrat Umar bin waqas has given an example from holy prophet that namaz and reading holy Quran is not liked by satan. He is always trying to put pressure on you to shrink from it. Then Holy prophet      صلی اللہ علیہ وسلمsaid that reciteاعوذ باللہ من الشیطن الرجیم.  In wuzu satanic forces attacks you and its name is such forces are very heavy on you.

Always seek forgiveness from Allah. An honest person does not feed satanic thoughts in his heart. If you feed him it will grow stronger.Qais bin hajaj said that my Satan said to me that you have not fed me and I am reduced to skeleton.I was very healthy and strong but your Allah Zakir has reduced me to Skelton.

 How to get rid of Satan: 

The only way to save one's heart from the evil created by satan is to close all doors leading to the heart and cleanse it of all wrong intentions. It is imperative to know that once your heart is free of all base thoughts the satan will find no reason to stay. Because the recitation of Allah Almighty's name prevents the satan from coming closer hence he always tries to indulge humans in wrong acts. When you stop yourself from indulging in any evil acts the satan stays away from you however your heart must be clean like a mirror for this to happen for if that is not so then even if you utter Allah Almighty's name your heart wavers and the satan does not leave. Your heart must be free of all immoral notions otherwise the satan will not be removed from your heart as speaking His name will not be as effective if one's heart is tainted. The prayerلَاحَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰہِ الْعَلِیِّ الْعَظِیْمِ یا اَعُوْذُ بِاللہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْم.helps in removing satan as well as some other prayers. Hazrat Muhammad bin Wasay   used to recite this prayer daily after Fajr prayer.

اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنَّکَ سَلَّطْتَّ عَلَیْنَا بَصِیْراً یَصِیْرُ بِنَا وَیَرَانَا ھُوَ وَقَبِیْلُہٗ مِنْ حَیْثُ لَانَرَاھُمْ اَللّٰھُمَّ فَاٰیِسْہٗ مِنَّا کَمَا اٰیَسْتَہٗ مِنْ رَحْمَتِکَ وَقَنِّطْہٗ مِنَّاکَمَا قَنَّطْتَّہٗ مِنْ عَفْوِکَ وَ بَاعِدْ بَیْنَنَا کَمَا بَاعَدْتَّ بَیْنَہٗ وَبَیْنَ رَحْمَتِکَ اِنَّکَ عَلٰی کُلِّ شَیْ ءٍ قَدِیْرٌ۔

Hazrat Muhammad bin Wasay   narrated that once he met the Satan on his way to the mosque. The satan asked him if he recognized who he was. He replied by inquiring who he was and Satan said he was iblis. Satan said that he came to tell Hazrat Muhammad bin Wasay not to tell this prayer to anyone in exchange that he will never bother him again. Hazrat Muhammad bin Wasay   replied that I will not stop any man from reciting this prayer. You do what you can do. (Imam Malik).

Hazrat Abd-ul-Rehman bin Abi bin Layla said that a satan used to stand before the Prophet                صلی اللہ علیہ وسلمholding a torch of fire. He would not leave even when the Quran or the Astagfar was recited. At this time, Hazrat Jibrael came before the the Prophet ﷺ¬  and told him to recite the following dua:اَعُوْذُ بِکَلِمَاتِ اللہِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِیْ لَایُجَاوِزُ ھُنَّ بَرٌ وَّ لَا فَاجِرٌ مِمَّایَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ وَمَایَعْرُجُ فِیْھَا وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَاذَرَاءَ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَیَخْرُجُ مِنْھَا وَمِنْ شَرِّفِتَنِ اللَّیْلِ وَالنَّھَارِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ طَوَارِقِ اللَّیْلِ وَالنَّھَارِ اِلَّا طَارِقًا یَّطْرُقُ بِخَیْرٍ یَارَحْمٰنُ

The Prophet ﷺ¬ recited this dua and the torch that the satan was holding extinguished and he fell face down on the ground.

Tunnels of satan:
Hazrat Sheikh Imam Taki ud din Hanbly (رضی اللہ عنہ) said that said satan sits at 7 different places to mislead the momin. The first place is of blasphemy, if a momin avoids this then satan sits at the next place of dogmatism, then at sins, then tries to indulge him in small sins. If all this fails then satan goes manage impurity and tries to make the momin divert from his righteous path. If this too fails then he tries to make him do bad deeds. At last he makes an attempt to use the momin's enemies against him.

Satan urinating in one's ear:
Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (رضی اللہ عنہ) once said that a person appeared before the Prophet ﷺ¬ who used to wake up from a dream at the time of sunrise. The Prophet ﷺ¬ said that satan urinated in this person's ear.

Satan eats with humans:
Once a person was eating in front of the Prophet ﷺ¬. He forgot to recite Bismillah; while eating the last bite he recited بسم اللہ اولہ وآخرہ  The Prophet ﷺ¬ smiled and said that satan was also eating with this person. When the person said Bismillah the satan vomited the food. Imagine if the meal is joined not only by satan but also by the jins; will it be a blessing or curse?

Satan's prank:
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (رضی اللہ عنہ) has been heard to say that the Prophet ﷺ¬ said that if satan asks you who made you going as far as to ask who made your God then you must ask forgiveness from Allah Almighty. Another saying from Bukhari-o-Musalam is that you should recite surah Ikhlas, spit on your left sideand recite اَعُوْذُ بِاللہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْم

Times to ask safety from satan:
1. When you are reciting the Holy Quran and your head is filled with negative thoughts.
2. When you feel angry. 
3. When you go to the washroom.

Satan involved even when you bed your wife:
The Prophet ﷺ¬ said that when you go to your wife recite

بِسْمِ اللہِ اَللّٰھُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّیْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّیْطَانَ عَمَّا رَزَقْتَنَاThen if Allah Almighty decided for a baby to be born satan will never be able to harm him.

Satan puts negative feelings into one's heart:
A person prayed that he wanted to see satan put negative feelings into the heart. So Allah Almighty put him in a state of sub-consciousness and showed him a body which was pure to the point of being transparent. Satan, in a shape of a frog, was sitting on its left shoulder and a trunk was in its heart. Whenever Allah Almighty's name was mentioned the satan would run away.

Whenever negative feelings enter your heart you must recite Istagfar:
Humans feel the effect of satan on their hearts. Humans also fell the effect of angels. If the effect is a bad one then this is the effect of satan hence one must reciteاعوذ بااللہ من الشیطان الرجیمIf the effect is a good then this is the effect of angels and you must convey your gratitide to Allah Almighty. 

What type of people make satan happy:
Hamdoon alqisar said that when satan gather together they talk amongst themselves and become happy over three things.
1. A muslim who has killed another muslim.
2. A person who dies while doing sin.
3. A person who is afraid of being poor.

 Safety from satan when sleeping:

Before going to sleep close all the doors of your house, cover the dishes filled with water and blow out any candles.

Satan runs upon hearing the call to prayer (Azaan)

Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ¬, Messenger for both worlds, said that upon hearing the call to prayer, Satan runs away and after Azaan ends, it comes back again. When Iqama is called, then again Satan runs away and when that ends and prayer begins, then Satan returns and keeps distracting those involved in prayer or salat such that the person forgets how many Rakat had been offered and how many were left. The reason behind Satan's running away is because on the Day of Judgment, everything and everyone between the heavens and the earth who have heard Azaan would have to witness or testify that the message of Allah reached them.

Readers! Satan has taken so much from us in this present age and one reason behind this is our lack of respect for Azan. We don't lower the volume or end our talk when the call to prayer reaches our ears which are why our troubles are ignited even more.

Illnesses and worries are because of our own sins:

The deeds that we do are often the cause behind many of our hardships so that we are warned in time. A Hadith about this narrated from Hazrat Abu Musa رضی اللہ عنہا relates to this by highlighting that what our hands send ahead has an impact on the calamities that we encounter.

This Hadith focuses on how people forget the impact of their sins and keep doing them without having a care for the right and wrong and this eventually catches up to them and leads to troubles for them. However there are those too who have to face challenges not because of their sins but because they are being tested. Such righteous people still ask for forgiveness in trouble since their humbleness keeps them in check. It is known about an elder righteous Muslim who upon seeing the lace of his shoe bitten by a rat began to cry and asked for forgiveness for any sin on his part.

Hazrat Saeed bin Wahab رحمتہ اللہ علیہ narrated that once I went with Hazrat Salman Farsi  رضی اللہ عنہا to visit his friend and he told me this Hadith:

"Expect good, because Allah (جل جلالہ) makes a believer's sickness an expiation (for his sins) and a period of repose. As for a disbeliever falling sick, he is like a camel whose owner ties it and then lets it loose --it does not understand why it was tied, nor why it was freed."

These days when people face some mishap or sickness, instead of looking at their own actions and asking for forgiveness, they blame everything on black magic. Magic happens but often people don't revisit their own actions and blame their misfortunes on others. Being steadfast and asking for forgiveness would even protect against all kinds of magic.

Shehnaz Gujranwala.

Dua before entering washroom and protection from magic and jinn:

Readers! Believe me when I say that 90% spiritual diseases and 50% physical diseases are associated with washroom etiquette which is why we must take care and follow the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ¬ in these matters.

Effect of the Sunnah Dua before entering washroom on Jinnat:

Hazrat Hakeem Sahab often talks about various incidents where Jinnat have created problems for those who enter washrooms without reciting the dua. Once Jinnat accused someone of impurifying their food and such things happen because Jinnat live in washrooms and those who enter that place without dua often become enemies of Jinnat.  اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Spiritual diseases from washrooms:

70% germs and 90% diseases originate from washrooms.

1.       Negative thoughts

2.       Lack of concentration

3.       Weakened connection with Allah

4.       Attraction towards sins

5.       Superiority of sins over decisions

6.       Choice of not following Allah's path

7.       Diversion from the path of Allah

All such spiritual diseases come about when a person does not recite the washroom dua before entering. Along with this, hatred from Jinnat, magic, lack of peace in home, financial constraints also occur when the dua isn't recited.

People who started reciting this dua realised the many benefits of it which helped them overcome depression, negative thoughts, and financial problems etc. Depression is common amongst people and you will be surprised to know that depression actually links back to this. 

By making false and wrong amulet, threads etc, have taken the creed of looting the people.

Firstly, magic is such an art which doesn’t suit any follower of Prophet Muhammad               (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) because via this, the foremost mark appears on the Muslim’s faith and he gets into delusion and embarrassment by getting apart from the right path. Then this that magic itself is an act of annihilation and loss. From this, bad can be expected but not any good. Magic is grossly an act of annihilation and embarrassment. This is the reason why such people keep on spreading the talks full of destruction and damage which have no involvement into the reality. Upon this, manifestation is that the relevant people do not question such people nor do they grip them and hence as a result such people remain too successful in spreading this sin. This is the reason why Allah has said in Quran: “These people do not stop each other from the sin which they do, these people do very bad deed.”(Al-Maa’ida: 79). Today’s magician has always attained advantage from the weakness of people and he hasn’t done any wrong. He did everything by putting his life in danger, otherwise in that time, the list of such people is even lengthier than devils. Who have taken and is taking the advantage of human’s weakness under the cover of religion and politics for the success and welfare of mankind in the name of different people. Otherwise if see in the light of reality than human due to his immeasurable mental health, shouldn’t allow anyone to take advantage of his weakness. This is the reason that simple people get trapped by the magicians and keep on wasting their entire savings.

Traps of Magicians:

Magicians take work through different false true exploits and endless thinking and illusion. By getting the knowledge of every human’s weakness, magicians grant them with colorful talks and make such stories whose existence isn’t there at all. Putting any normal human into illusion is an extremely easier work for them and illusion is such a thing whose ailment wasn’t even found from Doctor Luqman (علیہ السلام) side. This way, so called activated perfect people, tell so many stories of their perfections and show such dreams via which, even an intelligent man gets trapped by them and then dance on their tunes and get on the sinful path by throwing away his/her goodness and start diving into sea of speciousness.

Types of Magic:

Magic has been divided into two types. One type is imaginary which depends upon and sleight of hand. Second is the one in which the aim is to apart male & female and to make people upset. The specialist magicians have divided this into two branches. One bilmisl magic and the other tactile magic. Both of these are linked with the continuity of thoughts. In one, similar thoughts are there and in the other integrated thoughts appear. First is linked with bilmsl magic ant the other with tactile magic. In magic bilmsl, practical steps and similarity in decisions exist, like one common proverb is famous that black bricks black roads, Allah rain down hard & loud. This is one practical face of magic bilmsl and in this type, magic’s support is taken via anything’s similarity. Like, to give someone mental stress, pins are stinging in magic, etc etc. And in this case, dummies are used which be the twins of magic affected people and is continued in this context. Similarly, in such cases, sacrifices from different animals are also taken. So this that work is taken from such ways in which collective discussion is beneficial. Whereas in other type, normally hypnotism like ways are adopted and via the touch of hands and talks, the others person is put into extreme illusion; getting out of which becomes impossible for him. Or else, via the clothes of human, or any body part or the ashes of man which are commonly called masan; are used.

Magic and Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم):

Normally, this talk is famous that when Prophet Muhammad(صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) couldn’t get saved from magic [معاذ اللہ], then who are we. This way, by heart magic is covered on hearts and without any reason, everything is related to magic but no one tries to get to the real point in that regard, what is the reason behind. The reason is that in Arab society, before Islam, magic had grown so much and was involved in the daily routine of people that the birth, arrival and miracles of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)started to lighten the magical art of magicians and the lock from their lie and their respect was decreasing day by day. As, before the birth of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم), the Christians talent in magic spoke and people always considered right to whatever they used to say, in this situation Islam appeared to be the right and due to this the income of life of Christians was badly affected and Muslims started to spread and grow in the entire society day by day. This brought to them an extreme mental stress, they started to relate the miracles of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)with magic so that people [معاذ اللہ] start to feel bad about Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)couldn’t spread and in this way the work of preaching Islam could be stopped. In such a situation, the testing order of Allah came and the Prophet Muhammad                                 (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)obeyed it and like this the Christians got the chance to do magic on Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)and like this Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)got ill to some extent. As stated by Hazrat Ayesha (رضی اللہ عنھا) (Bukhari o Muslim), the well-known magician Lubaid bin Aasam of Banu Zareeq did magic on Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم). Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)used to feel like He is doing something although when there wasn’t any such thing. One day Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)prayed to God many

times. Then to Hazrat Ayesha (رضی اللہ عنھا)