What is the ruling on wearing a hijab on which the words of Allah are written?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on one who wears a hijab on which the words of Allah are written? Is this forbidden or permissible? Please inform us; may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : By hijab, I mean the amulet that is hung on a person, or that some people place under their pillow, or hang on the wall. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding the hanging of amulets if they are from the Qur'an, from the Prophetic dhikr, or from permissible supplications. They differed on this in two opinions:
Some of them prohibited it due to the general warning against amulets, while others permitted it and included it in the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Isra 17:82] The precaution is not to hang this, even if it is from the Qur'an, or from supplications, or from the dhikr that has been transmitted. As for if the amulet is such that it is not known what is in it, then hanging it is forbidden and not permissible. Or if what is in it is writing that is not known what it is, then hanging it is forbidden and not permissible. Or if what is in it is the names of Shayatins or jinn or the like of that, then this is forbidden and not permissible.
The important point is that amulets are divided into two categories:
The first category: what is known to be from the Qur'an, or from the Prophetic dhikr, or from permissible supplications. This is a matter of disagreement among the scholars, and the precaution is not to hang them.
The second: everything else, and hanging it is forbidden in all cases.
The Shaykh : By hijab, I mean the amulet that is hung on a person, or that some people place under their pillow, or hang on the wall. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding the hanging of amulets if they are from the Qur'an, from the Prophetic dhikr, or from permissible supplications. They differed on this in two opinions:
Some of them prohibited it due to the general warning against amulets, while others permitted it and included it in the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَThe important point is that amulets are divided into two categories:
The first category: what is known to be from the Qur'an, or from the Prophetic dhikr, or from permissible supplications. This is a matter of disagreement among the scholars, and the precaution is not to hang them.
The second: everything else, and hanging it is forbidden in all cases.