What is Bandish and its place in Islam?
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What is Bandish and its place in Islam?
It is like Jaadoo..if it does exist or possible. No place in Islam.
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^Really it doesn't have a place in Islam? I didn't know.... A cousin of mine was having troubles getting married (no rishtas) and everyone used to say an aunt of hers has done some jadoo and all on her, however she did get married when she was 29 but out of pakistan...
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What is Bandish and its place in Islam?
its HARAAM plz stay away and tell others to stay away. thnx
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bandish is marriage … it is sorta .. you know
No seriously …
band (1)](Band - Etymology, Origin & Meaning) “a flat strip,” also “something that binds,” a merger of two words, ultimately from the same source. In the sense “that by which someone or something is bound,” it is attested from early 12c., from O.N. band “thin strip that ties or constrains,” from P.Gmc. *bindan (related to Mod.Eng. bend and bind), from PIE *bendh- “to bind” (cf. Goth bandi "that which binds; Skt. bandhah “a tying, bandage,” source of bandana; M.Ir. bainna “bracelet”). Most of the figurative senses of this word have passed into bond](Bond - Etymology, Origin & Meaning) (q.v.), which originally was a phonetic variant of band. The meaning “a flat strip” (late 14c.) is from O.Fr. bande “strip, edge, side,” via O.N.Fr. bende, from O.H.G. binda, from P.Gmc. *bindan (see above). In M.E., this was distinguished by the spelling bande, but since the loss of the final -e the words have fully merged. Meaning “broad stripe of color” is from late 15c.; the electronics sense of “range of frequencies or wavelengths” is from 1922. The O.N.Fr. form was retained in heraldic bend.
Bandish is a sanskrit word … but words like “issey baand do” that we say in Urdu is a typical etymological extrusion from the word.
Bandish is a word used in poetry across the IndoPak subcontinent and originates in Hindu scripture. It can refer to musical compostion in that it is a set of notes on a fixed scale or perhaps the reason why they are called so is because traditionally families from the singing classes used to protect their formulas from being copied and kept them bound to the family.
To be “band” means to be locked up in Urdu and Hindi. Locking is a barrier that keeps the outside out and the inside in. Quarantine is a type of bandish and so is protection.
So if you consider the term “BANDISH” to mean “PROTECTION” and if you mean it in the sense of evil Jinn … then there are vast references for the seeking of protection from evil.
Firstly, the best way to be protected from evil/Jinn/Shaitan is to purify and stay clean, physically and mentally. Keep the houses clean. To the modern mind this will make sense since hygiene is very important. “Pak hona” is the basis for the modern name given to of our land of ancestry - Pakistan.
The next element to protection “bandish” is du’ah and there are many dua’hs such as those we recite before entering the toilet, leaving the toilet, doing wudu, before eating, Seeking refuge by “audzubillahi” in acts such as reading the Qur’an or making a speech or taking a step forward.
Saying “Bismillah”
Before having sex, after having sex, to calm us down when we are angry and so on.
A house that contains much remembrance (dhikr) of Allah (SWT) will be in a state of “bandish”.
If you take the meaning of “bandish” to mean “capture” of Jinn i.e. “qaabu” karna then it is a different matter … I sincerely hope people leave those poor souls alone. Trying to contain that what was not meant to be contained is a recipe for disaster. The concept of jinn containment can be seen in “Genie in a Lamp” as you can see the ones who put them there must have been really evil magicians. LOL.
Anyone who claims to have a “hamzaat” is not a good person … they would have had to do some very horrible and sinful things to get that far … Even if they parade as Pirs with knowledge of ghaib 99% of them are frauds and should not be listened to anyway, but rather even if they told the truth that would be shirk since it would involve black magic.
I hope this answers the question.
I have heard stories that people who have tried to “capture jinn” have been given a right phantee by flying jootiyen … it appears the half hearted or semi-evil cannot do something like that successfully … it would back fire. If you believe the stories that is.
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Thank you for that explanation, it cleared up A LOT. :)
The reason I asked is because I recently heard it used in a different way. A bandish was put on an area (land, property, place, etc) or person so that bad jinns or evil spirits could stay away from it since it was protected now by Allah swt.
A bandish will ward off evil spirits or bad jinns?
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The word bandish reminds me of the movie, Craft, where three girls get involved with black magic. It reminds me of the dialog "I bind you Nancy from doing harm to yourself and others," lol.
I googled bandish and read that it's a common form of black magic done to prevent something from happening. For example, to prevent someone from getting married or getting a job, etc. The whole idea just gives me the creeps. Like n7111's post above, how does one even find out that their aunt or some relative is doing black magic on them? I'd think that such a relative would pretend to act nice to conceal their hatred toward you, so you don't find out about what they're doing.
Moreover, how does one differentiate between whether someone has done "bandish" on them or whether it's just not the right or destined time for them to be married, employed, have a baby, etc?
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^Exactly, I still don't know how they were so sure about that aunt, but they probably went to an aalim or something. That aunt was indeed very sweet but yes she used to give me creeps.
I believe everything is in control of Allah and if something is destined to happen it will. Yet black magic does exist it is possible for someone to jinx our life/health etc....
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Peace Reha
As you can see there are two main conflicting ideas of "bandish" here ... this is because the word is used freely without restriction.
The common basis in the two opinions here is that "bandish" is being considered as something that is done to "prevent" something from happening.
Some peope will say that it is a form of magic to protect you from other forms of magic or a form of magic to hinder or prevent something from happening. Some will even claim that it is a form of Islamic magical practice that prevents magic from affecting you ...
The only true form of "bandish" is du'ah and purity ... take my word for it.
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Bandish was a really great movie from the late seventies with Nadeem, Shabnam and a Indonesian actress. You might remember this song "Sona na chandi na koi mahal.."
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There may be two concepts of this word as Psyah said.
However, the common use for Bandish is to mean some kind of majic. A ritualistic act to ward off 'Jinns', some evil forces........ or even sometime to cause harm.
Like people might say "my daughter is not getting married and her rishta are being rejected, someone has placed Bandish on it".
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Thank you for the replies everybody.
Islam talks about black magic and therefore admitting its existence. When a tragedy happens in a family or something goes dreadfully wrong, people are so distraught they will believe anything anyone says. Its an explanation to the unexplainable.