وَعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى فِي بَيْتِهَا جَارِيَةً فِي وجهِها سفعة يَعْنِي صُفْرَةً فَقَالَ: «اسْتَرْقُوا لَهَا فَإِنَّ بِهَا النَّظْرَةَ»
“Use an invocation for her, for she has been affected by the evil eye.” (Bukhari and Muslim.) * Safa is explained as a stroke from the devil, or the influence of the evil eye. It may be read sufa which means blackness, or blackness tinged with red. Sufra normally means yellowness, but it can also mean blackness, and that may be the interpretation it should have here, in which case one should read sufa.
Mishkat al-Masabih 4335, Book 24, Medicine and Spells, Hadith 15. 1 min read