"Amr ibn Shu'aib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that 'Rasulu'llah(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) taught my father and grandfather a du'a which we would read before going to sleep, to protect us from fear and anguish.We told our elder children to recite this du'a before going to sleep as well.But for those children who were not yet literate, we would write it and then put it around their necks"
[Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal vol.2,Abu Dawud, in 'Chapter of Medicine']
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Permissibility of Amulets & incantation (damm)-1
ALLAH says in the Noble Quran1.“We sent down in the Quran that which is a CURE and mercy for the faithful”. (17:82)2.“Say: For those who have faith, it (Quran) is a guidance and HEALING; but as for those who are faithless, there is a deafness in their ears and it is lost to their sight”. (41:44)
1. 1.عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ: «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالشِّفَاءَيْنِ: الْعَسَلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ
Translation: Narrated by Abdullah Ibn Masud (ra) that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: Make use of the two cures i.e. the honey and Quran [Sunnan Ibn Majah Volume No.2, Hadith No. 3531]
2. . أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا فَزِعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي النَّوْمِ فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يُلَقِّنُهَا مَنْ بَلَغَ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مِنْهُمْ كَتَبَهَا فِي صَكٍّ ثُمَّ عَلَّقَهَا فِي عُنُقِهِ
Amr ibn Shu’ayb reported from his father, from his grandfather that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said, “If any of you gets a nightmare, let him say: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah against His wrath and His punishment and the’ mischief of His slaves and from the temptations of the devils and that which they bring,
Then they will not harm him.” So, Abdullah ibn Amr used to teach this supplication to his grown up children. And, he wrote it down on something and hung it on the neck of those who had not attained puberty. [Abu Dawud 3893 ,sunan tirmidhi Chapter 99, hadith 3539] أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَالْحَاكِمُ وَقَالَ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ
Abu Dawood [rah], Nasai [rah] and Al Hakim [rah] said the Isnad is SAHIH
Permissibility of wearing Amulets-2
" 'A'isha (may Allah be pleased with her) relates that when the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was ill for the last time, she recited Sura al-Falaq and Sura an-Nas and then blew on to the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) hands. The Prophet then blew this onto his own face and body because his hands had more blessing then 'A'isha's (may Allah be pleased with her)" [Muslim, Chapter of Tibb]
"Imam an-Nawawi in Sharh Muslim states: 'There are two types of ahadith concerning this [For eg.. “He who wears an amulet commits Shirk.” (Ahmad, 4/156) And he (peace be upon him) said: “Verily, incantations (chanting something for curing or showing magical effect), amulets and Tiwalah are Shirk.” (Abu Dawood, no. 3883)]
It is transmitted in Bukhari: 'There will be people who will enter Paradise without any questioning, who have never been blown upon.' Imam Muslim has also recorded a hadith in support of those who do not ask to be blown upon.
Imam Bukhari in the chapter on Tibb [Medicine] has written du'as that our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) recited when doing damm [reciting a du'a and then blowing onto a person].
Imam Muslim states in 'The Chapter on Virtues of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)' that: "When our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was ill, the Angel Jibril came to him and performed the blowing."
The above types of ahadith apparently seem to contradict each other but in reality there is no contradiction as the one which contain quran are allowed and the those which contain polytheistic things written in it is shirk.
Allama Sa'idi in Sharh Sahih Muslim says :
"The former type of hadith refers to the prohibition of having read something that is not from the Qur'an and Sunna [i.e.something that has pictures, diagrams or words not from the Qur'an or Sunna] and then blow upon someone.
The latter types of ahadith which permit damm refer to those kalimat [words or verses] which have been taught by the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)" [Allama Sa'idi, Sharh Sahih Muslim, Chapter of Tibb]
Permissibility of Amulets & incantation (damm) -3
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “There is no harm in incantations as long as they do not include Shirk. (Sahih Muslim, no. 2200)
Permissibility of amulets - 4
The permissibility of hanging Ta’wizes is reported from many of the Companions and early Muslims (Salaf), including: Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab, Ata', Mujahid, Abd Allah ibn Amr, Ibn Sirin, Ubaydullah ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar, and others (Allah be well pleased with them all). [Al-Musannaf ibn Abi Shayba, 5.439].
Permissibility of amulets - 5
Allama Alusi al-Hanafi says, "According to Imam Malik 'It is permitted to put around the neck the ta'wiz written with the name of Allah.' Imam Baqir also stated that it is permitted to put such a ta'wiz around the neck of a child" [Ruh al-Mani, chapter 15, under Sura al-Mu'minun, verse 97]
Permissibility of amulets - 6
Hafiz Ibn Kathir says, "Amr ibn Shu'aib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that 'Rasulu'llah(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) taught my father and grandfather a du'a which we would read before going to sleep, to protect us from fear and anguish.We told our elder children to recite this du'a before going to sleep as well.But for those children who were not yet literate, we would write it and then put it around their necks" [Tafsir Ibn Kathir, under Sura al-Mu'minun, verse 97)
Permissibility of Amulets -7
Views of Ibn Taymiyya writes, a salafi imam
1."It is permissible to [to recite du'a's and then] blow upon the sick in Islam, but the words must be from the Qur'an or ahadith. If the words are not, then it is not permissible" [Ibn Taymiyya, At-Tawassul, Chapter on Blowing onto the Sick]
2. “It is permissible for an ill or troubled person, that certain verses from the Qur’an are written with pure ink, then it is washed and given to the ill to drink.Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) is reported to have mentioned a certain Dua that should be written and placed close to the woman who is experiencing hard labour at the time of giving birth. (Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya)
3.Sayyiduna Ali (Allah be pleased with him) says: Dua should be written and tied to the arm of the woman. We have experienced that there is nothing more amazing than this” (Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya, 19/65).
Permissibility of Amulets-8
Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah(Student of Ibne Taymiyya) says:
Some of our rightly guided ancestors stated that there is no harm if some ayat (Verse) from the Qur’an were written in ink and then washed with water and that the sick person drinks that water. Mujahid issues a statement to that effect and so did Abu Qilabah. It was also reported that Ibn ‘Abbas once commanded that two verses from the Qur’an to be written for a woman who had hard pregnancies and that the verses were then washed with water and she was to drink the water. Also Ayub said, “I saw Abu Qilabah write some Verses from the Qur’an wash it with water and then give the water to a person who was suffering from some type of illness to drink it [Tibb an Nabawi by Ibn Qayyim, Page No. 154, English version]
Permissibility of Amulets-9
Imam al-Qurtubi says "The ta'wiz that are forbidden are those ta'wiz from the Time of Ignorance -]those which are satanic and contain an element of shirk [mantar, voodoo and magic, etc.]. The ta'wiz, which are permitted are those written with du'as evidently from Qur'an and ahadith only" [al-Qurtubi, at-Tadhkirat, chapter on 'Ta'wiz']
Permissibility of Amulets - 10
"Amr ibn Shu'aib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that 'Rasulu'llah(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) taught my father and grandfather a du'a which we would read before going to sleep, to protect us from fear and anguish.We told our elder children to recite this du'a before going to sleep as well.But for those children who were not yet literate, we would write it and then put it around their necks" [Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal vol.2,Abu Dawud, in 'Chapter of Medicine']
Permissibility of Amulets & incantation (damm)-11
1. "When a person who was sick or in some distress they would go to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) who would then place his hand on the area of pain and recite a du'a' and then blow onto him" [Bukhari; Muslim, Chapter of Tibb]
2. "When the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was ill for the last time, Angel Jibril (peace be upon him) came and recited du'a' and blew on to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)" [Muslim, Chapter of Tibb]
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Further references -
12 - Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq visited A'isha while she had a complaint and a jewish woman was writing a talisman (taweez) for her. Abu Bakr said, "Write it for her from the Book of Allah."
[Malik’s Al-Muwatta, book-50 ‘the evil eye’ Hadith – hadith 011]
13 - Imam Ali al-Qari states: the hadith which talks about the prohibition of tamimah [seashells and stone] are the tamaim of pre islamic days. but those [tawidh] which contains the names of Allah or His words they are not included in this prohibition infact it is recommeded to use them and it is hoped that it brings blessings. The basis of this is in the sunnah [Mirqat al mafatih, Ali al Qari, 8/255]
14 - Imam Bayhaqi in explanation of hadith of Abdullah bin Akim for not using talisman, states it is prohibited to hang these things because during the time of ignorance (pre-islamic days) people used to consider these things as the cause of removeing hardship and a source of security. and if these things are hanged for the purpose of getting barakah [blessings] by the dhikr of Allah with the belief that except Allah no one else can remove the difficulty, then there is no harm in it. [sunan al kubra, 9/350, maktabah dar al baz, Makkah al mukarrama]
15 - Ibn al Athir al Jazari states: in the hadith narratd b abudllah [ibn masud] it is stated that tamaim and ruqya is shirk. Al tamaim, plural of tamimah are seashells, pebbles and stones which arabs in the pre-islamic times used to put in their children's neck to prevent evil eye. Islami abolished it [al nihaya, 1/193]
Further there are ample proofs that prophet used to do ruqya that is reciting words from quran and blew on his body and same instructed to others, the amulets and ruqya complying with teaching of Quran and sunnah cannot be compared with tamaim or those of pre-islamic practice. General ruling by simply saying shirk or kufr can not be applied - to include sahaba and tabe tabaeen .
Quran states "But say not for any false thng that your tongues may put forth, - this is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things to Allah for those who ascribe false things to Allah, will never prosper [Surah Al Nahl, verse 116]
16 - Shaykh Ibn Taymiyya on drinking water of washed amulets and tying on women's arm for labor relief:
1.0 Washing amulets and drinking it:
Shakh Ibn Taymiyya writes, It is permissible to write for the one afflicted [with the evil eye] and others of the sick something from the book of Allah and his dhikr with permissible ink, and wash [the ink off the paper] and give it to drink, as Ahmad and others have explicated. Abdullah ibn Ahmad said: I read unto my father: Ya'la ibn Ubayd narrated to us: sufyan narrated to us: from Muhammad ibn Abi Layla: from al-Hakkam: from said ibn jubayr from ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him): he said: when labor becomes difficult for a women one should write: ' In Allahs name, there is no god but Allah, the Clement and Honourable. Glory to Allah lord of the worlds. on the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morning thereof (Al-Nai'at 79:46), on the day when they behold what they were promised, it will be as if they had but tarried for an hour of a day, A clear message. shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk? (Al Ahqaf 46:35)
My father said: ' Aswad ibn 'Amir narrated to us with his chain [of narration] the same thing and he said: one writes [the tawidh] in a clean vessel and gives it to drink.' My father said: 'and Waki' added in his narration: she is given to drink [from it] and it is sprinkled below her navel. \Abdullah said: I saw my father writing [a tawidh] for woman on a cup or something clean.'
[Majmua Al Fatawa, 19/36, Dar al wafa, Egypt]
from this narration we see:
a. There is no harm in writing amulets in a clean cup or bowl.
b. The amulet can be written with any halal and clean thing.
c. The amulet can be washed and its water can be given to the patient to drink as well as it can be sprinkled on the patient.
2.0 Taweez Tied on upper arm for labor relief:
Sheikh Ibn Taymiyya writes further.
Sheikh ibn taymiyya then transmitted this narration of of ibn Abbas through another route, and he said at the end of it, ' Ali (meaning ibn al-Hassan, the nephew of the narrator of this narration) said: "one writes [the tawidh] on paper and ties it around the upper arm of a woman." Ali said:indeed we tried this and did not see anything more remarkable than it. When she delivered, it was quickly disposed of, by subsequently shredding it or burning it.
[Majmua, Al Fatawa, 19/37].
17 - Amulets - Drinking washed water of Quranic Ayah and blessings/cure through relics:
Few people say drinking washed water of quranic taweez is shirk, whereas Umme Salama & Sahaba (May allah be pleased with them) believe that blessings and cure is obtained even from water containing the Sacred Hair of Prophet (peace be upon him):
Narrated IsraiI: Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to Umme salama." Isra'il approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet. 'Uthman added, "If any person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel (containing water) to Um salama. I looked into the container (that held the hair of the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it," [Sahi Bukhari, Book of Libas(dress) 72, Hadith 784]
Evidence from Hadith:
1) Permissibility of gaining blessings through relics of Prophet (peace be upon him)
2) Permissibility of distributing and drinking water during ziyara on Milad un Nabi as practiced around the globe by Ahle Sunnah.
3) Reality of evil eye and its valid effect.
4) Getting cure for evil eye/disease by drinking with wahsed water of sacred hair of prophet (peace be upon him).
5) Drinking washed water either from Quran or sacred hair of prophet (peace be upon him) is not shirk or biddah
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