The evil is genuine.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 29, Hadith 25
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 29, Hadith 24 Next Hadith → The man casting evil would be commanded to perform ablution, and then the man affected was washed with it.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 29, Hadith 26
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 29, Hadith 24 Next Hadith → The man casting evil would be commanded to perform ablution, and then the man affected was washed with it.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 29, Hadith 26