What is the ruling on amulets?
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Question:
The questioner says: I found an amulet with one of the people performing tawaf, so I persuaded him to give it to me, but I do not know what to do with it?
Answer:
Destroy it, destroy it. Because it is not permissible to hang amulets. Amulets are the charms that people wear to protect them from the evil eye, or from illness, or to cure them of illness, or to prevent illness from befalling them, because this contradicts reliance upon Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So you did well in advising him and persuading him to leave it. So you destroy it, destroy this amulet. Yes.
The questioner says: I found an amulet with one of the people performing tawaf, so I persuaded him to give it to me, but I do not know what to do with it?
Answer:
Destroy it, destroy it. Because it is not permissible to hang amulets. Amulets are the charms that people wear to protect them from the evil eye, or from illness, or to cure them of illness, or to prevent illness from befalling them, because this contradicts reliance upon Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So you did well in advising him and persuading him to leave it. So you destroy it, destroy this amulet. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التمائم؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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