A: It is necessary for overcoming and getting rid of Sihr to keep Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah), invocations for refuge and protection as mentioned in the previous question. Of the means of getting rid of Sihr when it strikes someone is to recite AlFatihah, AyatulKursy (the Qur'anic Verse of Allah's Chair, Surah AlBaqarah, 2:255), Surah AlKafirun Say: (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ to these Mushrikûn and Kâfirûn): "O AlKafirûn (disbelievers in Allâh, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in AlQadar)! Surah Al Ikhlas: Say (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ): "He is Allâh, (the) One. and AlMu`awwidhatayn (Surahs AlFalaq [number 113] and AlNas [Surah number 114]) and repeat these three Surahs three times along with blowing over his body or on water and then drinks from it and washes with the rest.
It is also beneficial to recite the Ayahs for avoiding Sihr in Surahs AlA`raf, Yunus and Taha. All these are means of treatment. The Ayahs in Surah AlA`raf reads: And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) (saying): "Throw your stick," and behold! It swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed. Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect. So they were defeated there and returned disgraced.
The Ayahs in Surah Yunus reads: And Fir' aun (Pharaoh) said: "Bring me every wellversed sorcerer." And when the sorcerers came, Mûsâ (Moses) said to them: "Cast down what you want to cast!" Then when they had cast down, Mûsâ (Moses) said: "What you have brought is sorcery; Allâh will surely make it of no effect. Verily, Allâh does not set right the work of AlMufsidûn (the evildoers, corrupters). "And Allâh will establish and make apparent the truth by His Words, however much the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) may hate it."
The Ayahs in Surah Taha reads: They said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Either you throw first or we be the first to throw?" [Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Nay, throw you (first)!" Then behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast. So Mûsâ (Moses) conceived fear in himself. We (Allâh) said: "Fear not! Surely, you will have the upper hand. "And throw that which is in your right hand! It will swallow up that which they have made. That which they have made is only a magician's trick, and the magician will never be successful, to whatever amount (of skill) he may attain."