Ruling on Hanging Amulets If They Are from the Qur'an
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Q70: What is the ruling on hanging amulets if they are from the Noble Qur'an and the prescribed supplications?
A70: If what is hung is not from the Qur'an or the prescribed supplications, but rather the names of devils, or unknown names, or other things like disjointed letters and talismans, then there is no doubt that these are forbidden by consensus, and they are shirk (associating partners with Allah), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. If the amulets are from the Qur'an or from the prescribed supplications, some have permitted them, considering that they are from the Qur'an and the prescribed supplications, and some of the Companions said this and did it. The majority are of the view that they are prohibited, based on the generality of the hadiths: such as the hadithSunan al-Bayhaqi 17:557, and the hadith . This is general regarding what is hung, whether
from the Qur'an or from other than the Qur'an, and because the prohibited aspect in them is one, which is that the heart becomes attached to them, or that one believes that they benefit and harm. And because hanging the Qur'an exposes it, or indirectly exposes it, to desecration; it may be hung on a child who does not guard against impurity, or on a woman who enters the restroom with it and she does not know, or on a man until he also takes a bath, exposing it to insult. Therefore, based on this, they forbade hanging amulets, whether they are from the Qur'an or from other than the Qur'an. And this is the stronger position, and Allah the Exalted knows best.
A70: If what is hung is not from the Qur'an or the prescribed supplications, but rather the names of devils, or unknown names, or other things like disjointed letters and talismans, then there is no doubt that these are forbidden by consensus, and they are shirk (associating partners with Allah), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. If the amulets are from the Qur'an or from the prescribed supplications, some have permitted them, considering that they are from the Qur'an and the prescribed supplications, and some of the Companions said this and did it. The majority are of the view that they are prohibited, based on the generality of the hadiths: such as the hadith
Whoever hangs an amulet, Allah will not complete for him
من علق تميمة فلا أتم الله لهWhoever hangs an amulet has committed shirk.
من علق تميمة فقد أشركfrom the Qur'an or from other than the Qur'an, and because the prohibited aspect in them is one, which is that the heart becomes attached to them, or that one believes that they benefit and harm. And because hanging the Qur'an exposes it, or indirectly exposes it, to desecration; it may be hung on a child who does not guard against impurity, or on a woman who enters the restroom with it and she does not know, or on a man until he also takes a bath, exposing it to insult. Therefore, based on this, they forbade hanging amulets, whether they are from the Qur'an or from other than the Qur'an. And this is the stronger position, and Allah the Exalted knows best.
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