Freaked out by certain 'curses'

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I was reading things that were forbidden in Islam.

One of them was magic and here is what was said:

**"A magician changes how things look in people’s eyes, so that they see things other than they really are, as Allaah says in Soorat al-A’raaf (interpretation of the meaning):“So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic”

So they do things to bewitch people’s eyes, so that they see a rope as a snake or a stick as a moving snake, when it is not a snake at all but only a stick or a rope.

They may also bewitch people in other ways, so that a man becomes hateful to his wife, or vice versa. They may do this by bewitching their eyes, or by giving them evil potions which they get from the shayaateen, or by tying knots on which they blow and pray to the shayaateen instead of to Allaah, and seek their help in harming people. So a man may imagine that his wife is not the wife he knows, and she may appear ugly or hateful to him, or a wife may imagine that her husband is not the husband that she knows, and she sees him as something ugly and terrifying, because of what these criminals have done. So their sihr may be of two types, one of which involves illusions and tricking the eyes, so that they do not see things as they really are.

The other kind includes that which is called al-sarf and al-‘atf (spells aimed at creating hatred or love), which is done by tying knots and blowing on them, and using potions which they make by inspiration of the shayaateen. This second kind may make a man love or hate his wife, or a woman love or hate her husband. It may also affect a person’s relationship with people other than his or her spouse. Hence Allaah has commanded us to seek refuge with Him from the evil of those who blow onto knots, and to seek refuge with Him from every evil."**

I’ve never heard of curses like this with Christians or anybody else. How can a man be cursed to “hate his wife” and how can somebody make his wife appear ugly and hateful to him?

And I’ve never heard of anyone having their eyes bewitched.

This kind of scares me because now I wonder if any of this is happening to me right now (Am I seeing illusions, etc. etc.)

Is there any truth to these curses or is this just superstitious things from Muslims?
 
Demons can do a lot of crazy stuff. But I don’t think such knowledge is practiced in the Western world today. Happens a lot where I come from and India and Africa.
 
The Islamic belief is that magic is done through the help of the Jinn who have swore allegiance to Satan. These are tricks of Satan used by dirty, filthy magicians and sorcerers. The process of contacting them is just as disgusting. They burn Holy Books and soil them with blood.
 
I have a Muslim friend and she said that these people sometimes don’t take showers, never shave, never clip their nails, and even eat their own poop in order to be so displeasing and disgusting which attracts the devil.

Is that true?
 
Ben_Sinner said:
This kind of scares me because now I wonder if any of this is happening to me right now (Am I seeing illusions, etc. etc.)

Is there any truth to these curses or is this just superstitious things from Muslims?
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Check out this website. fortea.us/
Some of your questions will be answered.

The most important thing is the assurance that God triumphs over evil and that staying close to Him in the sacraments will helps us. It is not healthy to obsess over curses and possession, but if you have serious concerns then please go and talk to a priest. That is always the first step in such matters.
 
Ben_Sinner said:
I have a Muslim friend and she said that these people sometimes don’t take showers, never shave, never clip their nails, and even eat their own poop in order to be so displeasing and disgusting which attracts the devil.

Is that true?
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Yes.
 
Contra_Mundum said:
The most important thing is the assurance that God triumphs over evil and that staying close to Him in the sacraments will helps us. It is not healthy to obsess over curses and possession, but if you have serious concerns then please go and talk to a priest. That is always the first step in such matters.
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Amen.
 
I can only say how very important it is to say the Rosary. It is our greatest defense against the evil one and his lying helpers. Also the Brown Scapular and consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
 
My worries are more with the “illusions”

How could one tell the difference between the reality and these illusion trickeries brought on by curses?

…for example like the above articled stated:

So a man may imagine that his wife is not the wife he knows, and she may appear ugly or hateful to him, or a wife may imagine that her husband is not the husband that she knows, and she sees him as something ugly and terrifying, because of what these criminals have done."
 
Pray EVERYDAY. Pray before you go to sleep, pray as soon as you wake up in the morning, pray before you eat, pray before you drink, pray before you leave the house, pray before you enter the house. Indulge yourself in prayers to God and no evil can harm you, insha’Allah.
 
Ben_Sinner said:
My worries are more with the “illusions”

How could one tell the difference between the reality and these illusion trickeries brought on by curses?

…for example like the above articled stated:

So a man may imagine that his wife is not the wife he knows, and she may appear ugly or hateful to him, or a wife may imagine that her husband is not the husband that she knows, and she sees him as something ugly and terrifying, because of what these criminals have done."
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Stay close to our Lord and his Blessed Mother. Pray much, receive the sacraments with a sincere heart.

The gift of discernment comes from the Lord. The Lord will not abandon you.

Pray, hope, and don’t worry! (said by St. Padre Pio).
 
Ben, you’ve been told SO many times that you should stop looking for things like this on the internet, because you KNOW they’re going to frighten/upset you. Your time would be much better spent in studying your own faith.

Have you talked to a priest about why you constantly seek out these things to torment yourself?
 
agnes_therese said:
Ben, you’ve been told SO many times that you should stop looking for things like this on the internet, because you KNOW they’re going to frighten/upset you. Your time would be much better spent in studying your own faith.

Have you talked to a priest about why you constantly seek out these things to torment yourself?
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Excellent advice! I hadn’t known of the OP’s previous posts.
 
agnes_therese said:
Ben, you’ve been told SO many times that you should stop looking for things like this on the internet, because you KNOW they’re going to frighten/upset you. Your time would be much better spent in studying your own faith.

Have you talked to a priest about why you constantly seek out these things to torment yourself?
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Most of the time this stuff starts innocently. I never just get online and say “I think I’m going to try to look up some freaky stuff.” The freaky topics are usually brought up because they were mentioned by some harmless website where I try to study my faith with and once I see them I have a hard time just ignoring it.

This one started because I was searching if Muslims forbid fortune telling and astrology because I have a Muslim friend who is into that stuff and wanted to see if she was acting against her religion’s teachings. So I came across an orthodox Islam page that said that stuff and magic was forbidden and then they mentioned this illusion, blowing on knots, potions, etc. etc.

It’s a bad habit I have but once an idea is brought to me, I can’t ignore it and have to prove it wrong.
 
Ben_Sinner said:
It’s a bad habit I have but once an idea is brought to me, I can’t ignore it and have to prove it wrong.
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Then you need to stop researching these things. Your motives may have been good – helping your Muslim friend – but you know how these searches end up for you.
You can’t police what everyone else does, and you have a duty to protect your own faith and peace of mind.
 
I would say that Christianity recognizes that everyone is deceived in as much as their mind isn’t properly directed toward God. Your perception of reality is changed by your relationship to it, and to God. The only answer is to pray, and seek God in the sacraments (I mean that in both the broad sense of the term and the narrow sense).
 
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