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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on hanging a bag containing Qur'anic verses under a pillow

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The questioner:
The questioner asks: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the general public place a small bag under their pillows containing Qur'anic verses, which is sewn on all sides so that they do not come out. What is the ruling on this?

The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. This is from hanging amulets. This is an amulet. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The Riqq, the amulets, and the Tawilah are shirkالرقاق والتمائم والتولة شرك
. Therefore, it is not permissible to hang amulets, even if they are from the Qur'an. This is the position of the most precise scholars of knowledge: that it is not permissible to hang amulets, even if they are from the Qur'an. This is because the Messenger ruled that all amulets are shirk (associating partners with Allah). An amulet is what is hung on a person or placed near them, or in which healing is believed to reside. What is prescribed is reciting over the sick person and performing ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) on the sick person, by reciting over them and blowing on them, or by reciting over water and having the sick person drink from it. This is the prescribed ruqyah that has been transmitted. As for writing on paper and hanging it on children or on the sick, or placing it under the pillow or otherwise, this is prohibited in Islam; because it is from hanging amulets.

The questioner:
No, no.

The Shaykh:
Or on the walls, if it is believed that it prevents evil, this is from seeking protection through amulets. Or on the car. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 87 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الحدود|باب حكم المرتد|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:25)

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