The Meaning of al-Tawilah and Amulets in the Hadith
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Question:
Finally, he says: Shaykh, what is the meaning of the statement in the hadith? What is al-Tawilah and what are amulets?
Answer:
Amulets are things hung on people, or on animals, or on cars in order to ward off the evil eye, because this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) to Allah the Exalted, believing that these things ward off harm or the evil eye from what they are hung on, in my view.
Hanging amulets is shirk (associating partners with Allah) to Allah the Exalted, based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever hangs an amulet has committed shirk," and in another narrationSunan al-Bayhaqi 17:557. As for al-Tawilah, it is a type of sihr (sorcery). Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab said in the book al-Tawhid: "Al-Tawilah is something they make, which they claim causes a wife to be loved by her husband and the husband to be loved by his wife." Yes.
Finally, he says: Shaykh, what is the meaning of the statement in the hadith
That amulets and al-Tawilah are shirk
بأن التمائم والتولة شركAnswer:
Amulets are things hung on people, or on animals, or on cars in order to ward off the evil eye, because this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) to Allah the Exalted, believing that these things ward off harm or the evil eye from what they are hung on, in my view.
Hanging amulets is shirk (associating partners with Allah) to Allah the Exalted, based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever hangs an amulet has committed shirk," and in another narration
Whoever hangs up an amulet, Allah will not complete [his affair] for him
مَنْ عَلَّقَ تَمِيمَةً فَلا أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ
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