The ruling on praying behind one who wears an amulet
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Question:
In the last of the questioner's questions, Awadh Muhammad Sudani, who resides in Dammam, says to us: An imam who memorizes the Qur'an, but he wears an amulet on his hand. Is it permissible to pray behind such an imam? If it is not permissible, what is the evidence for its invalidity? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
If the amulet is not from the Qur'an, such as wearing a ring or a thread, or the like of these shirk amulets that contain seeking protection from other than Allah, or talismans, or disjointed letters, then this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted, and it is not permissible to pray behind this imam. However, if the amulet is from the Qur'an or from the lawful supplications, this is a matter of disagreement among the scholars, and the correct view is that it is not permissible to hang it or wear it, even if it is from the Qur'an and from the prescribed supplications, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSunan Abi Dawud 3883Sahih (Al-Albani), and amulets are things hung from the Qur'an, especially on children, to ward off the evil eye, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) counted them as shirk, and he generalized in that, which indicates that nothing is excluded from amulets, neither from the Qur'an nor from anything else.
And he said (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:557 And he said (peace and blessings be upon him) He said: From the weakness. He said: The man said: From the weakness. He said (peace and blessings be upon him) You have never succeeded.
It is obligatory for this imam to fear Allah, and to cut this amulet. If he does not comply and does not cut it, then it is obligatory to remove him from the imamate. Yes.
In the last of the questioner's questions, Awadh Muhammad Sudani, who resides in Dammam, says to us: An imam who memorizes the Qur'an, but he wears an amulet on his hand. Is it permissible to pray behind such an imam? If it is not permissible, what is the evidence for its invalidity? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
If the amulet is not from the Qur'an, such as wearing a ring or a thread, or the like of these shirk amulets that contain seeking protection from other than Allah, or talismans, or disjointed letters, then this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted, and it is not permissible to pray behind this imam. However, if the amulet is from the Qur'an or from the lawful supplications, this is a matter of disagreement among the scholars, and the correct view is that it is not permissible to hang it or wear it, even if it is from the Qur'an and from the prescribed supplications, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
spells, charms and love-potions are polytheism
إن الرقى والتمائم والتولة شركAnd he said (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever hangs an amulet, Allah will not complete [his affairs] for him, and whoever hangs a talisman, Allah will not grant him peace.
مَنْ عَلَّقَ تَمِيمَةً فَلا أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَمَنْ عَلَّقَ وَدَعَةً فَلا وَدَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ.When he saw a man with a thread on his hand, he said: What is this? He said: It is for the fever. He said: Remove it.
لما رأى رجلا في يده خيط، قال ما هذه؟ قال من الحمى، قال انزعها،Remove it, for it will not increase you except in harm, and if you were to die while it is on you, you would never have succeeded.
انزعها، فإنها لا تزيدك إلا وهنا، فإنك لو مت وهي عليكIt is obligatory for this imam to fear Allah, and to cut this amulet. If he does not comply and does not cut it, then it is obligatory to remove him from the imamate. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم الصلاة خلف من علق تميمة – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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