What is the ruling on wearing a metal bracelet for the purpose of healing?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the pharmacies, a metal bracelet is sold called the Ibn Sina bracelet, Ibn Sina. The owners of the pharmacies claim that it has a magnetic effect in discharging the electrical charges from the body, and that it treats joint pain, rheumatism, muscle pain, and depression. Is it permissible to wear something like this, or is it considered from the category of shirk amulets?
Answer:
Take this bracelet and write a letter with it to the mufti, and it will be presented to the committee and to the shaykhs; I will see it, if Allah wills. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the pharmacies, a metal bracelet is sold called the Ibn Sina bracelet, Ibn Sina. The owners of the pharmacies claim that it has a magnetic effect in discharging the electrical charges from the body, and that it treats joint pain, rheumatism, muscle pain, and depression. Is it permissible to wear something like this, or is it considered from the category of shirk amulets?
Answer:
Take this bracelet and write a letter with it to the mufti, and it will be presented to the committee and to the shaykhs; I will see it, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم لبس سوار من معدن للاستشفاء؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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