What is the ruling on hanging amulets containing Qur'an and Prophetic supplications?
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The questioner : As for the ruling, O Shaykh, on hanging things that are not shirk and are not Qur'an; what is the ruling on hanging them?
The Shaykh : The scholars have two opinions on this: permissibility and dislike. The stronger opinion in my view is dislike; because they are amulets, even if they are from the Book of Allah or from the supplications of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The reason that leads me to prefer this opinion goes back to two things:
The first thing is that it was not the practice of the Salaf.
The other thing—and it is important—is that it involves reliance on such charms, or on such amulets, without using the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) that is from the Sunnah, whereby a person recites ruqyah over himself, or over another. So when he places the ruqyah in an amulet or a charm, he relies on it and does not return to using the ruqyah that we were commanded to use on every occasion. For these two reasons, I prefer the dislike of hanging them, even in the manner mentioned earlier.
Yes.
The questioner : There are those who... in minor shirk, defining it as when a person makes something a cause when it is not a cause, and relies on it. According to this definition, he makes these hangings forbidden. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : I do not see it that way; because he did not rely on the paper on which those ruqyah were written, but rather on the ruqyah itself. So it has no connection to the issue of shirk.
The Shaykh : Please, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman.
The Shaykh : The scholars have two opinions on this: permissibility and dislike. The stronger opinion in my view is dislike; because they are amulets, even if they are from the Book of Allah or from the supplications of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The reason that leads me to prefer this opinion goes back to two things:
The first thing is that it was not the practice of the Salaf.
The other thing—and it is important—is that it involves reliance on such charms, or on such amulets, without using the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) that is from the Sunnah, whereby a person recites ruqyah over himself, or over another. So when he places the ruqyah in an amulet or a charm, he relies on it and does not return to using the ruqyah that we were commanded to use on every occasion. For these two reasons, I prefer the dislike of hanging them, even in the manner mentioned earlier.
Yes.
The questioner : There are those who... in minor shirk, defining it as when a person makes something a cause when it is not a cause, and relies on it. According to this definition, he makes these hangings forbidden. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : I do not see it that way; because he did not rely on the paper on which those ruqyah were written, but rather on the ruqyah itself. So it has no connection to the issue of shirk.
The Shaykh : Please, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman.
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