#Kitab at Tawheed - Ch8 #Taslimans are Shirk (Polytheism)

#Kitab at Tawheed - Ch8 #Islam #Monotheism #Talisman #Shirk/ Polytheism

CHAPTER No: 8
Ruqa (incantation), Talismans and Amulets
Narrated Abu Bashir Al-Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him):
He was in the company of Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon
him) on one of his journeys, Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon
him) sent a messenger ordering: "There shall not remain any necklace of bowstring or any other
kind of necklace round the necks of camels except it is cut off' (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard Allah's Messenger (May
the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) saying:
"Ar-Ruqa, At-Tama'im and At-Tiwalah are all acts of Shirk (polytheism)," (Musnad Ahmad;
Abu Dawud)
At-Tama'im is the act of putting an amulet around the necks of children to save them from the
effects of evil eye! If the amulet contains the verses of the Qur'an or Allah's Names or Attributes
then it is allowed by some ancestors and disallowed by some. Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased
with him) was among those who disapproved it,
Ar-Ruqa or Al-Aza'im is the act of reciting incantations, charm etc. Those are allowed in
which there is no trace of Shirk (polytheism), Prophet Muhammad (May the peace and blessing of
Allah be upon him) has permitted it in case of being bitten by poisonous insects or disturbed
under the effect of an evil eye, At-Tiwalah (bewitchment) is something done by those who claim
they can cause a woman to be more beloved by her husband or vice-versa.
Abdullah bin Ukaim narrated the following Marfu’ Hadith:

"Whoever uses, attaches or wears a talisman to himself, will have that talisman put in charge
of him" (Ahmad & Trimidhi)

#Monotheism versus #Polytheism; #Islam