She says she is twenty-five years old, and since she was young she has been sought for marriage, but no match has come about. It is not because she refuses, but she does not know what the reason is.
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The questioner : She says she is twenty-five years old, and since she was young she has been sought for marriage, but no match has come about. It is not because she refuses, but she does not know what the reason is. She is a normal woman of average beauty. People told her mother that her daughter has a barrier against marriage, but her mother rejected this idea from the start because she fears Allah and does not believe in such things. One day, the girl went alone to a woman called a shaykhah, who told her that she has several blocked matters, including marriage, employment, anxiety, and hatred, among others. She performed several things for her, some of which are hung on the chest and the right shoulder, and some are to be drunk and sprinkled. She continued to use these things secretly from her mother. A month, two months, and more passed, and no suitor knocked on her door. As for what was said to her regarding work, she is an employee. As for what she suffers from, it is true; she hates seeing people. After that, she changed and her condition became better. Once it occurred to her to tear up this barrier that the woman had given her. When she opened it, she found inside it repetitions of the names of the Messenger, the Caliphs, some drawings, and some strange names. She burned them all. She asks: Is it true that the barrier made by sorcerers prevents the girl from marriage? And is what she did in tearing it up forbidden?
The Shaykh : ... regarding marriage, or will it facilitate her marriage?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I say, she says it prevents her...
The questioner : It does not prevent her, because she was saying that she is blocked from marriage.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : She is prevented, meaning she asks: Is it true that it prevents the girl from marriage? And is what she did in tearing it up forbidden, given that some of what she was told was true?
The Shaykh : The answer to this question is summarized in two things. The first thing is: Is hanging these barriers, whether for seeking marriage or for recovery from physical or psychological illness, permissible or not permissible?
There is a disagreement among the scholars on this. Some hold that it is not permissible in any case, because it is not mentioned in the Book of Allah or in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that hanging such things is a cause for removing what is disliked or obtaining what is loved. And if it is not established by the Shari'ah, then it is not permissible to establish it as a cause. Some scholars say: There is no harm in it, meaning in hanging the barrier to ward off harm or obtain benefit, but on the condition that it is done by a trustworthy person, that it is known what is written on it, and that what is written does not contradict what came in the Shari'ah. If these three conditions are met, it is permissible. Some of them add a fourth condition, which is that it must be from the Qur'an specifically.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : According to this second opinion, hanging is permissible with the four conditions. But what I see is that it is not permissible absolutely, because the reasoning of those who said it is not permissible is strong, in that it is not established in the Book of Allah or in the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that this is among the beneficial causes. And anything that is established as a cause for something, and is not known by the Shari'ah or known by sense, is not permissible to establish.
As for the second issue, or the second thing included in our answer to the woman's question: What she did with this barrier is known to be a good deed. In fact, it is obligatory for her, if she did not know what was in it, to reveal it. If she saw in it, as she mentioned, the names of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the names of the Caliphs, and some drawings, then it is not permissible to hang it, because this is certainly something that has no effect. And if she saw in it Qur'an, then it depends on the disagreement we mentioned earlier, and we also see that it is not permissible to hang it. If it is Qur'an, then there are two ways: either to bury it in a clean place, or to burn it and grind it after burning until it is completely gone.
On this occasion, I would like to warn our brothers from visiting those people who write these amulets and these barriers, whose state is unknown, neither in terms of religion nor in terms of knowledge. Because this is among the serious matters. And the fact that a person, if he does it, is affected and feels lightness, may not be due to this work. It may be that Allah the Exalted has permitted his recovery or healing, and it coincided with having this thing, not because of it.
Also, it is known psychologically that if a person feels something psychologically, his body is affected by it. So much so that, as is observed, if a person is unaware of his illness, he does not feel it. But if he turns his thoughts to it, he feels it. This man, for example, is busy moving his furniture, and a nail or a glass cuts him, and you find that he does not feel it while he is busy with the work. But when he is free, he feels it, because he has directed his thoughts to it.
And the important thing is that we advise our brothers against these methods, whose practitioners are unknown and whose contents are unknown. A person should attach his heart to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and follow what came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding seeking healing by the Qur'an and supplication.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with the best reward.
The Shaykh : ... regarding marriage, or will it facilitate her marriage?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I say, she says it prevents her...
The questioner : It does not prevent her, because she was saying that she is blocked from marriage.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : She is prevented, meaning she asks: Is it true that it prevents the girl from marriage? And is what she did in tearing it up forbidden, given that some of what she was told was true?
The Shaykh : The answer to this question is summarized in two things. The first thing is: Is hanging these barriers, whether for seeking marriage or for recovery from physical or psychological illness, permissible or not permissible?
There is a disagreement among the scholars on this. Some hold that it is not permissible in any case, because it is not mentioned in the Book of Allah or in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that hanging such things is a cause for removing what is disliked or obtaining what is loved. And if it is not established by the Shari'ah, then it is not permissible to establish it as a cause. Some scholars say: There is no harm in it, meaning in hanging the barrier to ward off harm or obtain benefit, but on the condition that it is done by a trustworthy person, that it is known what is written on it, and that what is written does not contradict what came in the Shari'ah. If these three conditions are met, it is permissible. Some of them add a fourth condition, which is that it must be from the Qur'an specifically.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : According to this second opinion, hanging is permissible with the four conditions. But what I see is that it is not permissible absolutely, because the reasoning of those who said it is not permissible is strong, in that it is not established in the Book of Allah or in the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that this is among the beneficial causes. And anything that is established as a cause for something, and is not known by the Shari'ah or known by sense, is not permissible to establish.
As for the second issue, or the second thing included in our answer to the woman's question: What she did with this barrier is known to be a good deed. In fact, it is obligatory for her, if she did not know what was in it, to reveal it. If she saw in it, as she mentioned, the names of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the names of the Caliphs, and some drawings, then it is not permissible to hang it, because this is certainly something that has no effect. And if she saw in it Qur'an, then it depends on the disagreement we mentioned earlier, and we also see that it is not permissible to hang it. If it is Qur'an, then there are two ways: either to bury it in a clean place, or to burn it and grind it after burning until it is completely gone.
On this occasion, I would like to warn our brothers from visiting those people who write these amulets and these barriers, whose state is unknown, neither in terms of religion nor in terms of knowledge. Because this is among the serious matters. And the fact that a person, if he does it, is affected and feels lightness, may not be due to this work. It may be that Allah the Exalted has permitted his recovery or healing, and it coincided with having this thing, not because of it.
Also, it is known psychologically that if a person feels something psychologically, his body is affected by it. So much so that, as is observed, if a person is unaware of his illness, he does not feel it. But if he turns his thoughts to it, he feels it. This man, for example, is busy moving his furniture, and a nail or a glass cuts him, and you find that he does not feel it while he is busy with the work. But when he is free, he feels it, because he has directed his thoughts to it.
And the important thing is that we advise our brothers against these methods, whose practitioners are unknown and whose contents are unknown. A person should attach his heart to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and follow what came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding seeking healing by the Qur'an and supplication.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with the best reward.