The Meaning of the Amulet and the Reason It Is Considered Shirk
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Question:
Abu Sami from al-Khabar asks: What is a tamimah (amulet), and what is the reason it is considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
A tamimah is something hung to ward off the evil eye or to ward off illness, such as tying a string on the arm, or patches that are written with incantations and hung up. This is the tamimah that is prohibited.Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:557 And in a narration from , it is obligatory for a person to rely on Allah and depend on Allah, not to attach himself to these things, to stay away from them, to declare them wrong, to forbid them, and to remove them from his children and from those over whom he has authority. Yes.
The presenter:
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Abu Sami from al-Khabar asks: What is a tamimah (amulet), and what is the reason it is considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
A tamimah is something hung to ward off the evil eye or to ward off illness, such as tying a string on the arm, or patches that are written with incantations and hung up. This is the tamimah that is prohibited.
Whoever hangs up an amulet, Allah will not complete [his affair] for him
مَنْ عَلَّقَ تَمِيمَةً فَلا أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ لَهُWhoever hangs up a tamimah has committed shirk.
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Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 18-12-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (35:01)
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