The Ruling on Amulets and One Who Claims to Know the Location of Water Without Knowledge
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The questioner:
This man, may he live long, never used to look at anything, nor did he sit with people from his youth. After a long time, he could not read or write. After a long time, he claimed to be a doctor who treats, meaning an Arab doctor. And part of his treatment was that he would make amulets and give them to people, even though he never read. It is known from his manner from the beginning that he gives amulets and hangs them for people. This is invalid,
The Shaykh:
this is repeated.
The questioner:
this is disciplined.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for anyone to take from him, nor to take the amulets from him. Amulets are wrong; it is not permissible to hang them. This is disciplined. Teach us with a license, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
One day he says to them in the end.
The Shaykh:
About him, about his place, and what is in it, and it is impossible to license, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you. After that, he says that he informs them about the water, and says to you: you will find the water at such and such a depth, and you will find an event
The Shaykh:
This is a second thing.
The questioner:
He answers me with a white harvest, so they said: How do you get this? He said: It comes to me in a dream.
The Shaykh:
This is a crazy person in any case, dressed up. As for one who is from the people of knowledge regarding the layers of the earth, and knowledge, for example, of the causes of water, there are people who know the causes of water, and they have an inheritance in this matter; they inherited it from others who taught them. This one may know some of the causes for the presence of water in the earth, due to the causes of trees, the vegetation of the earth, its mountains, its slopes, and the like. It has causes; they may err and they may hit the mark, and the majority of them hit the mark if they have knowledge. As for this ignorant person who does not know its causes, nor has he walked with people, nor has he learned anything, this is disciplined and not trusted, and it is not permissible for anyone to accept him in these matters. It is not permissible for anyone to give amulets to be hung on the sick person or on the children. This is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever hangs an amulet, Allah will not complete it for him, and whoever hangs an amulet has associated partners with Allah." We ask Allah for safety.
This man, may he live long, never used to look at anything, nor did he sit with people from his youth. After a long time, he could not read or write. After a long time, he claimed to be a doctor who treats, meaning an Arab doctor. And part of his treatment was that he would make amulets and give them to people, even though he never read. It is known from his manner from the beginning that he gives amulets and hangs them for people. This is invalid,
The Shaykh:
this is repeated.
The questioner:
this is disciplined.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for anyone to take from him, nor to take the amulets from him. Amulets are wrong; it is not permissible to hang them. This is disciplined. Teach us with a license, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
One day he says to them in the end.
The Shaykh:
About him, about his place, and what is in it, and it is impossible to license, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you. After that, he says that he informs them about the water, and says to you: you will find the water at such and such a depth, and you will find an event
The Shaykh:
This is a second thing.
The questioner:
He answers me with a white harvest, so they said: How do you get this? He said: It comes to me in a dream.
The Shaykh:
This is a crazy person in any case, dressed up. As for one who is from the people of knowledge regarding the layers of the earth, and knowledge, for example, of the causes of water, there are people who know the causes of water, and they have an inheritance in this matter; they inherited it from others who taught them. This one may know some of the causes for the presence of water in the earth, due to the causes of trees, the vegetation of the earth, its mountains, its slopes, and the like. It has causes; they may err and they may hit the mark, and the majority of them hit the mark if they have knowledge. As for this ignorant person who does not know its causes, nor has he walked with people, nor has he learned anything, this is disciplined and not trusted, and it is not permissible for anyone to accept him in these matters. It is not permissible for anyone to give amulets to be hung on the sick person or on the children. This is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever hangs an amulet, Allah will not complete it for him, and whoever hangs an amulet has associated partners with Allah." We ask Allah for safety.
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ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 27 — archive.org (1:01:46)
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