The Ruling on Hanging Talismans and Amulets
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Question:
Also, the listener (M. M. A.) from Libya asks and says: My father writes for people from many books, including the book *Al-Rahmah fi al-Tibb wa al-Hikmah* (Mercy in Medicine and Wisdom), and he also writes talismans in them and draws some of those talismans in his own handwriting. Then he writes verses from the Noble Qur'an for people to hang on their bodies. He asks for your guidance, O Shaykh. And if he does not obey his father in this matter, is he considered undutiful to his parents? Or not?
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise your father and inform him that it is not permissible to hang amulets, nor to hang anything that Allah has forbidden , nor to hang verses; because these are among the amulets, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:, so it is not permissible to hang charms on a sick person or on children, whether from amulets, or from beads and cowries, or from Qur'anic verses, or anything else.
It is obligatory for the believer to use what Allah has prescribed of the lawful supplications for protection, such as:Sunan Abi Dawud 3898Sahih (Al-Albani), such as: Sunan Ibn Majah 3869, and if the child is small, his family—his mother and father—should seek protection for him, saying to him when he sleeps: .
As for hanging amulets on children or on the sick, this is not permissible; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it. Likewise, hanging talismans and things that are not known is not permissible. It is not permissible for your father to do that, and you are not to obey him in what Allah has forbidden; rather, obedience is only in what is right. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Also, the listener (M. M. A.) from Libya asks and says: My father writes for people from many books, including the book *Al-Rahmah fi al-Tibb wa al-Hikmah* (Mercy in Medicine and Wisdom), and he also writes talismans in them and draws some of those talismans in his own handwriting. Then he writes verses from the Noble Qur'an for people to hang on their bodies. He asks for your guidance, O Shaykh. And if he does not obey his father in this matter, is he considered undutiful to his parents? Or not?
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise your father and inform him that it is not permissible to hang amulets, nor to hang anything that Allah has forbidden , nor to hang verses; because these are among the amulets, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever hangs an amulet, Allah will not complete [his affair], and whoever hangs a bead, Allah will not grant him [what he seeks], and whoever hangs an amulet has committed shirk.
من تعلق تميمة فلا أتم الله له، ومن تعلق ودعة فلا ودع الله له، ومن تعلق تميمة فقد أشركIt is obligatory for the believer to use what Allah has prescribed of the lawful supplications for protection, such as:
I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created
أعوذ بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلقBismillahil-ladhi la yadurru ma'a ismihi shay'un fil-ardi wa la fis-sama'i wa Huwas-Sami'ul-'Alim
باسم الله الذي لا يضر مع اسمه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء وهو السميع العليمI seek protection for you with the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created, I seek protection for you with the perfect words of Allah from every Shaytan and wasp, and from every envious eye.
أعيذك بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلق، أعيذك بكلمات الله التامات من كل شيطان وهامة ومن كل عين لامةAs for hanging amulets on children or on the sick, this is not permissible; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it. Likewise, hanging talismans and things that are not known is not permissible. It is not permissible for your father to do that, and you are not to obey him in what Allah has forbidden; rather, obedience is only in what is right. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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