Origins of Masha Allah

[Muzna]

Can someone please shed light on the origins of the use of the phrase “masha Allah”?
I found the below shown guidance on FB and the question of why we say masha Allah came to mind…

To Prevent Evil Eye

Ex. When you see a beautiful kid.
When you see a smart kid.
When you see a nice house, nice car
When there’s a significant achievement

You don’t want an evil eye to affect no one so what should be in the tongue of Muslims is what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us:

It’s not Maa shaa Allaah!
It’s not laa ilaha illAllaah!
It’s not Maa shaa Allaah laa quwwata illaa billaah!
And it’s not Allaahumma salli ala Muhammad
And it’s not TabaarakAllaah, it’s none of those
To seek saving from, to seek refuge in Allaah from an evil eye or so yourself will not hurt others.

Here’s what to say;

male - ALLAAHUMMA BAAREK LAHU
(May Allaah Bless Him).
female - ALLAAHUMMA BAAREK LAHA
(May Allaah Bless Her).

If it’s a car someone has make a du’aa or blessing for that matter or that person.

BAARAKALLAAHU LAKA FEEHA (May Allaah bless it for you).

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said;

The effect of an evil eye is fact.
Bukhari and Muslim]

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saying wash off the trace of envy by making du’aa of blessing.

To eliminate the effect from your eye, make a du’aa of barakah for your brother.

If it is knowledge;

BAARAKALLAAHU LAKA FEE 'ILMIK
(May Allaah bless your knowledge).

For a protection of an evil eye you ask Allaah for Barakah.
So before one is affected with an evil eye eliminate it. One way is “Allaahumma Baarek Lahu”.

Maa shaa Allaah is not to be said to eliminate an evil eye. Maa shaa Allaah was never in a hadith to say that it was no authentic hadith to say that it is a prevention from an evil eye.

REVIVE A SUNNAH THAT’S DEAD!
Whoever directs someone to a good deed then he will have the reward equal to the doer of the action.
Prophet Muhammad.

Sheikh Ahmad Musa Jibreel

Note: Please pass on to everyone the haqq. Just think of an ajr Allaah will bestow you if you corrected your fellows based on authentic hadith.

~vp~

Source: https://www.facebook.com/IslamicTube/posts/899679586742674?fref=nf

[lander]

Re: Origins of Masha Allah

Quran 18:39

[Muzna]

Re: Origins of Masha Allah

@lander

Quran 18:39

Thank you.

18:39 - Surat-ul Kahf

And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children,

This does explain where the phrase comes from.
Perhaps my question was not clearly phrased so I apologize for the confusion.

I would like to know why we use the phrase as prevention of evil eye.

[BigdaNawab]

Re: Origins of Masha Allah

**Here is my understanding:
**
Linguistically,
Maa = Not, Without, (indicate indefiniteness; e,g whatever)
Sha/ Shayii = will, thing, being, be, exist
Allah / ilaah = The unique indivisible genderless Lord (proper noun)

So Masha-Allah literally means ‘Not without the Creative Will of Allah’.

Theologically:

This statement refers to an aspect of Allah’s TAUHIID (Oness). The Tauhid is classically explained as Owner (Rububiya), Lordship (Iluhiya), (Diety) Ubudiya, and belief in all attributes of Allah. That is, to deny everything of praise in it of itself, and redirect the praise to Allah alone. This is also to deny one’s own self, and only recognize the Pure Living Self (Allah)!

Surah Yunun 10:49 indicates (to me) that benefit or a harm, pleasure or displeasure is not a property of an object itself! but it is actually in the experience Willed by Allah and everything other than Him becomes an agency to deliver that experience. Allah’s Will is not limited to just the physical properties of the physical and natural laws of things ,but it encompasses all human experiences as well since the Creative Will encompasses knowledge/experiences of all levels of manifestations seen and unseen (Quran 87:7) .

Therefore, by uttering the phrase “MAsha-Allah” mindfully and sincerely, one draws closer to the Pure Creative Will and reaffirms faith and love. One is also seeking protection in Him from everything else, including one’s personal vices, and evils of the nafs and accepting oneself and things as nothing except an agency of experiences( Quran 18:39, in the story of the rich and poor man **- 1 of the 4 stories in Al-Kahf - **Allah teaches us to use this phrase mindfully ).

May Allah increase us in our knowledge, and forgive us of our mistakes.

[lethal_kamikaze]

Re: Origins of Masha Allah

Peace Muzna,

is an Arabic maxim literally meaning: “What Allah wished”. We use this phrase in good omen like for an exceptional or wonderful person or thing etc. It could be possible that use of into our culture is retrieved from the Arabs culture.

[TLK]

We use the word in wrong context. We should use subhanallah instead. I have heard Arab brothers saying subhanallah at times where we say mashallah

[vroom]

Re: Origins of Masha Allah

Tafsir Jalalayn:

And if only when you entered your garden, you had said, upon admiring it, ‘This is “What God has willed. There is no power except in God”. In a hadīth [it is stated that]: ‘Whoever is given something good in the way of family or wealth and upon receiving it says, “What God wills [comes to pass]; there is no power except in God” (mā shā’a’Llāh lā quwwata illā bi’Llāh), he will never experience any ill therefrom’. If you see me (anā is a pronoun separating two direct objects) as less than you in wealth and children,
Altafsir.com - The Tafsirs -

Also tafsir noor ul irfan mentions similar, specifically on ‘evil eye’

Our people seem to be OK in this, and I’ll leave comment on the classroom isis [lol]. Each to their own ways I suppose

[Muzna]

Re: Origins of Masha Allah

@TLK

We use the word in wrong context. We should use subhanallah instead. I have heard Arab brothers saying subhanallah at times where we say mashallah

This is the same conclusion that I have come to.
The phrases Masha-Allah, Subhan-Allah and Alhamdulillah are often mistakenly interchanged.

[vroom]

Re: Origins of Masha Allah

@Muzna

This is the same conclusion that I have come to.
The phrases Masha-Allah, Subhan-Allah and Alhamdulillah are often mistakenly interchanged.

They are not according the two scholars I have referred to above. well Masha Allah is not when used in a normal respectful manner that we would expect

If I get time, or if you get time, we should shrink the statement of musa jibreel and see what he is saying as compared to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala has told us, and the genuine scholars of Islam.