The ruling on hanging the phrase "Masha'Allah" on a car
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who hangs or sticks the phrase "Masha'Allah" or something similar on his car, not out of the belief that this phrase wards off the evil eye, but so that the person who sees his car will say this phrase?
Answer:
It was not the custom of the Salaf (the earliest generations) to hang these things on walls, buildings, or animals. Rather, they would remember Allah with their tongues, for remembering Allah is worship. You remember Allah with your tongue, and you supplicate to Allah with your tongue, and you do not hang these things.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who hangs or sticks the phrase "Masha'Allah" or something similar on his car, not out of the belief that this phrase wards off the evil eye, but so that the person who sees his car will say this phrase?
Answer:
It was not the custom of the Salaf (the earliest generations) to hang these things on walls, buildings, or animals. Rather, they would remember Allah with their tongues, for remembering Allah is worship. You remember Allah with your tongue, and you supplicate to Allah with your tongue, and you do not hang these things.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب: من الشرك : لبس الحلقة والخيط ونحوهما؛ لرفع البلاء أو دفعه — islamhouse.com (1:00:20)
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