Muwatta Malik #1840
The Evil Eye
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمَكِّيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ دُخِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِابْنَىْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ لِحَاضِنَتِهِمَا " مَا لِي أَرَاهُمَا ضَارِعَيْنِ " . فَقَالَتْ حَاضِنَتُهُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ تَسْرَعُ إِلَيْهِمَا الْعَيْنُ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنَا أَنْ نَسْتَرْقِيَ لَهُمَا إِلاَّ أَنَّا لاَ نَدْرِي مَا يُوَافِقُكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اسْتَرْقُوا لَهُمَا فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ سَبَقَ شَىْءٌ الْقَدَرَ لَسَبَقَتْهُ الْعَيْنُ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik that Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki
said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, with the two sons of Jafar ibn Abi Talib. He said to
their nursemaid, 'Why do I see them so thin?' Their nursemaid said,
'Messenger of Allah, the evil eye goes quickly to them. Nothing stops
us from asking someone to make incantations (using ayats of Qur'an)
for them, except that we do not know what of that would agree with
you.' The Messenger of ,Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'Make incantations for them. Had anything been able to
precede the decree, the evil eye would precede it.' "
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This hadith is #1840 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Evil Eye.