What is your opinion, O honorable Shaykh, regarding the matter of amulets if they are from the Qur'an?
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The questioner : He says: What is your opinion, O honorable Shaykh, regarding the matter of amulets if they are from the Qur'an? And is it permissible to write a verse from the Qur'an, such as writing Ayat al-Kursi on a board, then wipe it and drink the water to ward off evil and bring about good? Knowing that this is beneficial among people, especially if a woman is in labor and she writes Ayat al-Kursi and drinks it, then she will give birth by the permission of Allah.
The Shaykh : Reciting over the sick with the Qur'an is better, much better, than placing the Qur'an on a paper and hanging it up. Amulets are divided into three categories: a category we know is from the Qur'an, a category we know is from the work of fortune-tellers, and a category we do not know what it is, where squares and circles and the like are written.
As for the category we know is from the work of fortune-tellers, such as if it contains the names of jinn or ghouls or the like, there is no doubt that it is forbidden. Another category: we do not know what it is, and it is also forbidden. A third category: we know it is from the Qur'an or from the Prophetic hadiths, and a person takes it and hangs it on his chest. In this, there is scholarly disagreement: some scholars say that if it is from the Qur'an, there is no harm with it, due to the generality of the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):[Al-Isra 17:82] And this is general. And some say that it is not permissible due to the generality of the prohibition of amulets. There is no doubt that the precaution is that a person should not wear it, but if he wears it, declaring it sinful is difficult for a person, meaning: I am not able to say that it is forbidden. As for writing the Qur'an in a vessel and pouring water over it, then stirring it and a person drinking it, this is the practice of the Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them). They would write Ayat al-Kursi, the Mu'awwidhat, or something from the Qur'an in a vessel for saffron, then pour water over it and stir it like this with the hand or by moving the vessel, then a person would drink it. This is the practice of the Salaf, and it is tested among people, and it is beneficial by the permission of Allah. Yes.
The Shaykh : Reciting over the sick with the Qur'an is better, much better, than placing the Qur'an on a paper and hanging it up. Amulets are divided into three categories: a category we know is from the Qur'an, a category we know is from the work of fortune-tellers, and a category we do not know what it is, where squares and circles and the like are written.
As for the category we know is from the work of fortune-tellers, such as if it contains the names of jinn or ghouls or the like, there is no doubt that it is forbidden. Another category: we do not know what it is, and it is also forbidden. A third category: we know it is from the Qur'an or from the Prophetic hadiths, and a person takes it and hangs it on his chest. In this, there is scholarly disagreement: some scholars say that if it is from the Qur'an, there is no harm with it, due to the generality of the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):