Worrying About the Effects of Black Magic
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Q. Whenever something goes wrong in the house or with anyone in my family, I think that it is caused by a magic spell. How to counter magic and ensure that it will not affect us.
K. Mumu
A. Magic exists, since it is mentioned in the Qur’an. Yet magic has no substance. It is a trick played on human mind so that a person thinks that he sees something when it is not there, or he might not see something when it is there. Yet magic is not commonly practiced anywhere, because only few people are adept at it and they treat it as a secret they want to guard. Such people are normally unstable, or are motivated by greed and other obnoxious feelings.
Anyone who is leading a normal life is unlikely to ever meet a person who practices black magic. Hence, you should not worry about what is happening around you. Remember that life is a series of adversities that are interspersed with delightful moments. This is natural because life is a test, and tests are meant to involve difficulties. When you meet a certain difficulty, you should always seek God’s help to overcome it.
As for help to overcome the effects of magic, should one be ever exposed to it, reading the last two surahs of the Qur’an is very effective. The thing to remember, however, is to read them with strong conviction of their meaning and their effectiveness.
Traveling to Join Mahram
Q. My mother wants to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform pilgrimage. However, she has no mahram there to travel with her, apart from one of our cousins and his wife. When she arrives, she will be joined with her sons who work here. Is this acceptable?
Mustafa
A. Yes. This is perfectly acceptable. Scholars speak about “safe companionship” as a substitute for mahram. This means a woman traveling with trusted companions who can look after her. But this was in times when travel took days and weeks. In today’s travel, a woman traveling by plane on her own with passengers unknown to her is also in “safe companionship”. Since the lady in question will have her two sons looking after her after her arrival, she is fine.
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