The belief that amulets and rings cause the removal or prevention of calamity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that the questioner mentioned that believing that those things are the cause of removing calamity or preventing it is not major shirk (associating partners with Allah), but rather minor shirk. Yes, that is correct.
Answer:
Because Allah did not make them causes; He did not make them causes. You are the one who made them a cause. So if you rely on them and believe that they remove calamity and prevent it, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) that is beneficial. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that the questioner mentioned that believing that those things are the cause of removing calamity or preventing it is not major shirk (associating partners with Allah), but rather minor shirk. Yes, that is correct.
Answer:
Because Allah did not make them causes; He did not make them causes. You are the one who made them a cause. So if you rely on them and believe that they remove calamity and prevent it, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) that is beneficial. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب: من الشرك : لبس الحلقة والخيط ونحوهما؛ لرفع البلاء أو دفعه — islamhouse.com (55:55)
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