The Ruling on Hanging Amulets on Children and Adults
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Question:
Salih, may Allah bless you. This person is asking about the ruling on hanging amulets, whether they contain Qur'an, writing, or supplication, on the necks of children or adults?
Answer:
It is not permissible to hang amulets. If the amulets contain shirk (associating partners with Allah) and supplication to other than Allah, they are forbidden and are a means to shirk. If one believes that they ward off calamity or bring about good, that is shirk, and may Allah protect us from it. It is not permissible to hang amulets if they are from other than the Qur'an; this is by consensus. If they are from the Qur'an and the prescribed supplications, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, and the stronger position is that they are not permissible either, because hanging them is a means to hanging what is not permissible, and because hanging them involves reliance upon them, which is also not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Salih, may Allah bless you. This person is asking about the ruling on hanging amulets, whether they contain Qur'an, writing, or supplication, on the necks of children or adults?
Answer:
It is not permissible to hang amulets. If the amulets contain shirk (associating partners with Allah) and supplication to other than Allah, they are forbidden and are a means to shirk. If one believes that they ward off calamity or bring about good, that is shirk, and may Allah protect us from it. It is not permissible to hang amulets if they are from other than the Qur'an; this is by consensus. If they are from the Qur'an and the prescribed supplications, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, and the stronger position is that they are not permissible either, because hanging them is a means to hanging what is not permissible, and because hanging them involves reliance upon them, which is also not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (186) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-06-30] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:28)
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