The Ruling on Hanging Beads, Chains, and Wolf Skin to Ward Off Harm
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Question:
Another questioner says: Some truck and car owners, and in some houses, hang charms and chains, claiming that they ward off harm and bring benefit, and perhaps they hang a wolf’s skin?
Answer:
All of this is among the forbidden amulets, so it is not permissible to hang these things to ward off the evil eye, or to ward off harm, or to ward off jinn. These are forbidden amulets. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:557, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 3883Sahih (Al-Albani). Tamimah is the plural of tamimah, and it is what is hung to ward off the evil eye, or to ward off jinn, or the like of that.
It is well known that some of the drivers who come to this country hang some of these things on their trucks. A fatwa was issued by the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta, which was sent to the Ministry of the Interior in order to cut these hanging items, and it was also sent to the centers of the organizations in order to track down these hanging items and cut them from the cars and warn against them. Yes.
Another questioner says: Some truck and car owners, and in some houses, hang charms and chains, claiming that they ward off harm and bring benefit, and perhaps they hang a wolf’s skin?
Answer:
All of this is among the forbidden amulets, so it is not permissible to hang these things to ward off the evil eye, or to ward off harm, or to ward off jinn. These are forbidden amulets. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever hangs up an amulet, Allah will not complete [his affair] for him
مَنْ عَلَّقَ تَمِيمَةً فَلا أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ لَهُspells, charms and love-potions are polytheism
إن الرقى والتمائم والتولة شركIt is well known that some of the drivers who come to this country hang some of these things on their trucks. A fatwa was issued by the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta, which was sent to the Ministry of the Interior in order to cut these hanging items, and it was also sent to the centers of the organizations in order to track down these hanging items and cut them from the cars and warn against them. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 11- — archive.org (37:05)
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