A Strange Turning Point: Seeking Islamic Insight on Our Sudden Hardships

Assalamu alaykum. I'm reaching out because I truly need advice from Muslims who understand sihr, evil eye, or other spiritual matters. I'm not accusing anyone without proof-I just can't make sense of what has happened to my family. A serious incident occurred on the exact day we were supposed to open our new business. A man trespassed onto our property in the middle of the night, refused to leave, threatened us, and tried to force his way back inside. The police got involved and a case was opened. Because of this, our workers got scared and quit. We lost our staff and the business struggled from the start. Later, the man's mother called us repeatedly and came to our home several times with others, trying to pressure us into dropping the case. We refused. She kept saying she would "get her right" because we wouldn't back down. One person who came with her privately warned us to be careful around this woman, saying people consider her dangerous. **What happened after that is what I can't explain.** It wasn't just business problems. **Our whole life changed.** We began losing everything, piece by piece. We lost our home. Financially, we went from living normally to barely affording basics. We can't even think about buying clothes or normal things anymore. My sister had to stop her education. Our relationships changed too. We argue with people all the time. We lost friends and people around us-even those who didn't know what happened. Our personalities shifted. We became exhausted, angry, and distant. Even our appearance changed. I've lost a lot of weight and honestly feel like we've lost our beauty and the people we used to be. It feels like we're losing **everything we have**. Every time we try to move forward, something knocks us back hard. We solve one problem and a bigger one appears. The business is the same. Every time we tried to reopen, something happened-freshly finished walls peeled from the inside, water pipes burst and leaked, the water turned yellow, workers left, and eventually we lost everyone. The business has now been closed for about three months. I search for workers every single day because this is my only income, but I can't find anyone. Before all this, I never had this problem. Recently, I started pursuing the case again. I even sent someone to get the address of their shop because I needed it for legal reasons. After that, things got extremely difficult again. I lost the remaining workers and the business went completely inactive. There have also been strange obstacles whenever I try to pursue the case. Twice, I was on my way to the authorities and my car suddenly broke down. Other times, something else happened that prevented me from getting the information or help I needed. I don't know if these are just coincidences, but after everything else, I can't ignore the pattern. The other family, meanwhile, seemed to suddenly become financially comfortable and kept succeeding in the legal process, despite our evidence. We felt like we were losing everything while they moved forward. Even spiritually, we're struggling. We try to read Qur'an and Surah Al-Baqarah, but I can't stay consistent. My mother and sister experience the same. We want to pray, read Qur'an, and get closer to Allah, but it feels like we're constantly pulled into another problem and the day disappears. Wallahi Al-Adheem, Allah is my witness: **it feels like there hasn't been a single normal day since this happened.** Before this incident, our lives were not like this. We had problems like everyone else, but we were functioning-working, studying, having relationships, living normally. Since this happened, it feels like every part of our lives has gone backwards. I'm not saying I know for certain that someone did sihr or this is the evil eye. I don't want to falsely accuse anyone. But I genuinely feel something changed after this encounter, and I want to understand if there's an Islamic explanation for what we're going through. **Could this be sihr, evil eye, or another spiritual matter? How can we tell the difference between a spiritual problem and a test from Allah? And what should we do Islamically to protect ourselves and get our lives back on track?** Please, if you have real Islamic knowledge or have experienced something similar, I'd really appreciate your advice.