Is it permissible to place verses under a pillow with the intention of calming a child?
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Question:
This is a woman from outside this country who says: I have a son who cries and screams a lot at night. So my husband went to a man who wrote some verses on a piece of paper and told him to put it under this child's pillow when he sleeps. He says that since we did this, the child has not cried. Is this action prescribed?
Answer:
There is a difference of opinion on this. If what was written on these papers consists of verses and lawful supplications, some scholars permit it because there is no harm, while some scholars say that this is not permissible because it is one of the amulets. However, it is the recitation that protects the person, either by reciting it over himself or by his father reciting it over him when he sleeps. Yes.
This is a woman from outside this country who says: I have a son who cries and screams a lot at night. So my husband went to a man who wrote some verses on a piece of paper and told him to put it under this child's pillow when he sleeps. He says that since we did this, the child has not cried. Is this action prescribed?
Answer:
There is a difference of opinion on this. If what was written on these papers consists of verses and lawful supplications, some scholars permit it because there is no harm, while some scholars say that this is not permissible because it is one of the amulets. However, it is the recitation that protects the person, either by reciting it over himself or by his father reciting it over him when he sleeps. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز وضع آيات تحت الوسادة بقصد تهدئة الطفل؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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