وَ إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ السِّحْرِ النَّمِيمَةَ يُفَرَّقُ...

وَ إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ السِّحْرِ النَّمِيمَةَ يُفَرَّقُ بِهَا بَيْنَ الْمُتَحَابَّيْنِ وَ يُجْلَبُ الْعَدَاوَةُ عَلَى الْمُتَصَافِيَيْنِ وَ يُسْفَكُ بِهَا الدِّمَاءُ وَ يُهْدَمُ بِهَا الدُّورُ وَ يُكْشَفُ بِهَا السُّتُورُ وَ النَّمَّامُ أَشَرُّ مَنْ وَطِئَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ بِقَدَمٍ And from the greatest of the sorceries is the gossiping, separating by it between the loving ones and pulling the enmity upon the sincere ones, and shedding the blood by it, and demolish the houses (family life) by it, and uncover the veils by it, and the gossiper is the evilest of the ones to tread a foot upon the earth!

فَأَقْرَبُ أَقَاوِيلِ السِّحْرِ مِنَ الصَّوَابِ أَنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطِّبِّ إِنَّ السَّاحِرَ عَالَجَ الرَّجُلَ فَامْتَنَعَ مِنْ مُجَامَعَةِ النِّسَاءِ فَجَاءَ الطَّبِيبُ فَعَالَجَهُ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ‏ الْعِلَاجِ فَأَبْرَأَ. The nearest of the correct words of the sorcery is that it is at the status of the medicine. The sorcerer treats the man, so he is prevented from copulating with the woman. So, the doctor comes and treats him with other than that treatment, and he is cured’’.

[1] An Invocation to Neutralize Spells: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مِيثَمٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ الْأَسَدِيِ‏: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَأْمُرُ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَدْ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ السِّحْرَ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ فِي رَقِّ ظَبْيٍ وَ عَلِّقْهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَضُرُّكَ وَ لَا يَجُوزُ كَيْدُهُ فِيكَ ‘Abd Allah Ibn al-’Ala al-Qazwini narrated from Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad from Hammad Ibn Isa Ibn Ya’qub ibn Shoaib from ‘Imran Ibn Maytham from ‘Ubaya Ibn Rabi al-Asadi, that he heard: Amir Al-Momineen -asws instructed one of his -asws companions, when the latter complained of spells (Al-sihr).

He -asws said: ‘Write [the following] on the parchment of a gazelle and fasten it to yourself. The spell will not harm you and its stratagems will not affect you. بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ‏ قالَ مُوسى‏ ما جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ‏ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ ما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ‏.