Saturday 3 December 2011

Ruling on hanging Amulets and Talismans.

Q; The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever hangs up a Tamima (AMULET/TAWEEZ) is guilty of SHIRK.”
, i just wanted to know does this include a taweez that has surahs from the quran only or different types of taweez.

A; All-Praise is dur to Allah,

It was stated in a Fatwa as followed;

If an amulet is made with something other than Qur’aan or du’aa’s narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), or if it contains symbols, mumbo-jumbo and strange words that cannot be understood, then there is scholarly consensus that it is haraam and constitutes shirk. But if the amulet is made with Qur’aan or du’aa’s narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), then there is a difference of opinion among the salaf, but the correct view is that it is haraam. See question no. 10543.

The scholars of the Standing Committee said:

The scholars are agreed that it is haraam to wear amulets if they are made with anything other than Qur’aan, but they differed concerning those that are made with Qur’aan. Some said that it is permissible to wear them and some said that that is not permissible. The view that it is not allowed is more likely to be correct because of the general meaning of the ahaadeeth, and so as to prevent the means that may lead to shirk.

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 1/212

(Also see Islam Q&A Fatwa: 20207)

And Allah knows best...

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