Taking Unprescribed Dhikr as a Talisman
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Question 7, Fatwa No. ( 4798):
Q7: My esteemed Shaykh, I found a piece of paper on my path and wanted to remove it from the road so that people would not step on it. I glanced at it to see if it contained any Qur'an so that I could pick it up, but I found this text in it. I ask you to inform me of a complete interpretation of it and its origin in the rulings: is it lawful or forbidden? It is to be engraved on a gold ring, fumigated with agarwood and amber, and worn in a state of complete ritual purity. One is to persist in the remembrance of Allah the Exalted with a great dhikr after every
prayer, one thousand and one hundred and thirty (1130) times, for a period of one week, starting after the Fajr prayer on the first Friday of the month, and ending on the Thursday after the 'Isha' prayer. After that, the two names are to be remembered after every obligatory prayer as much as possible. It contains secrets that are astonishing—its value cannot be estimated, and its secrets are never to be revealed, not even to your son or any other person, lest they tamper with them to the detriment or harm of the servants of Allah.
A7: Everything mentioned in the question is not permissible to perform or to take as a talisman or amulet, and it is not permissible to act upon what is in it; because it contains an unknown engraving which may include elements of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and because it includes unprescribed dhikr that is timed to a specific time and limited to a specific number not authorized by the Shari'ah, and it includes dhikr with two names whose identity is unknown. Therefore, all of this is forbidden and it is not permissible to proceed with it. Whoever has engaged in it must get rid of it by abandoning those dhikr, erasing the engraving on the ring, and ceasing to fumigate it with agarwood and amber, along with repenting from it. We ask Allah for pardon and well-being. And success is from Allah. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q7: My esteemed Shaykh, I found a piece of paper on my path and wanted to remove it from the road so that people would not step on it. I glanced at it to see if it contained any Qur'an so that I could pick it up, but I found this text in it. I ask you to inform me of a complete interpretation of it and its origin in the rulings: is it lawful or forbidden? It is to be engraved on a gold ring, fumigated with agarwood and amber, and worn in a state of complete ritual purity. One is to persist in the remembrance of Allah the Exalted with a great dhikr after every
prayer, one thousand and one hundred and thirty (1130) times, for a period of one week, starting after the Fajr prayer on the first Friday of the month, and ending on the Thursday after the 'Isha' prayer. After that, the two names are to be remembered after every obligatory prayer as much as possible. It contains secrets that are astonishing—its value cannot be estimated, and its secrets are never to be revealed, not even to your son or any other person, lest they tamper with them to the detriment or harm of the servants of Allah.
A7: Everything mentioned in the question is not permissible to perform or to take as a talisman or amulet, and it is not permissible to act upon what is in it; because it contains an unknown engraving which may include elements of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and because it includes unprescribed dhikr that is timed to a specific time and limited to a specific number not authorized by the Shari'ah, and it includes dhikr with two names whose identity is unknown. Therefore, all of this is forbidden and it is not permissible to proceed with it. Whoever has engaged in it must get rid of it by abandoning those dhikr, erasing the engraving on the ring, and ceasing to fumigate it with agarwood and amber, along with repenting from it. We ask Allah for pardon and well-being. And success is from Allah. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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