1.
Many amulets
contain shirk, as the words written on them are invocations to others besides
Allah, such as angels, magicians, jinn, Fir’aun and even Iblees. Such an amulet
may also have the names of Allah or verses of the Qur’an, to mislead people
into thinking the amulet is Islamic.
2.
Magicians, or
magicians posing as raaqis, often attempt to treat cases of sihr using
impermissible amulets in the guise of ta’weez and amulets. Treating sihr using
magic is not permissible and usually involves shirk. This is similar to a
Christian exorcist who attempts to exorcise a person in the name of Jesus (alaihis
salaam) (which is shirk). Whether this is successful or not, you have already
fulfilled the wish of the Shaytaan by committing shirk, thereby losing this
world and the next, due to loss of imaan.
3.
Magic charms
are often disguised as a ta’weez and amulets and given to a person to inflict
them with sihr, while the person wearing it is convinced that it is of benefit.
4.
Many people
are told not to open a ta’weez and amulets, the aamil insist on never opening a
ta’weez and amulets this type of behaviour is truly suspicious. The person
wearing such a ta’weez and amulets would never know if what they were wearing
contained shirk, or if it was part of a magic spell cast against them. Often in
these cases, the ta’weez and amulets is found to be a magic charm when opened.
5.
Ta’weez and amulets
often contain grids with numbers inside them. It is argued that using these
numbers is a way to represent different portions of the Qur’an. Regardless of
whether this is permissible in the Shariah, it is well known that such grids
are also used in the Jewish Kabbalah. One has no way to know for certain if
such a ta’weez and amulets is black magic. Some of these ta’weez and amulets
have been found to contain exactly the same number grids as the ones used in
the Jewish Kabbalah.
6.
The writing on
many ta’weez and amulets is illegible. Some of the text may be very messy or
written in a pattern that makes it impossible to read. If the text cannot be
read, it cannot be determined if the ta’weez and amulets contains shirk or
black magic.
7.
Some ta’weez
and amulets have the verses of the Qur’an written backwards. A magician may
have to disrespect the words of Allah before the shayateen work for them.
8.
Some ta’weez
and amulets have symbols like pyramids and the star of David, while others even
have pictures of the human body. None of our Salaf have sanctioned this and it
is not unreasonable to suspect that such ta’weez and amulets are used for black
magic.
9.
Ta’weez and
amulets are often given to people who are not practising Islam properly, who
are not firm in their aqeedah and who may not be praying their salah. This is
detrimental because the person may believe that the ta’weez and amulets itself
has the power to cure, instead of believing that the cure is only from Allah.
This is especially the case when children from a family who are not practising
Islam are given ta’weez and amulets to wear. The child may grow up believing
that the ta’weez and amulets is the source of protection. Even if this does not
happen, it does not make sense for a person to be given a ta’weez and amulets,
while they ignore basic Islamic obligations like the five daily salah, which is
one of the most important means of protection.
10. Some of what is written on ta’weez and amulets does
not make sense. At best, the writing is harmless gibberish, in which case it is
pointless to wear it. At worst, it is black magic.
11.
It is very
easy to print off passages of the Qur’an to make a ta’weez and amulets. One can
only wonder why people who prescribe the use of ta’weez and amulets do not
suggest this. Instead, there are many people who pay for ta’weez and amulets to
be made for them, which have many of the defects mentioned in the previous points
above.
12. We have opened many ta’weez and amulets, with most of
them being issued by imams, scholars, and so-called ‘people of knowledge’, less
than a handful contained 100% Quran, the rest contained several of the elements
we have mentioned above, with the majority mixing these elements with Quran to
fool people.
Conclusion
Considering the above, the safest option is to avoid all kinds
of ta’weez and amulets. Considering the present reality, this is simply sincere
advice to our fellow Muslims.
None of our raqis prescribe ta’weez and amulets, and with the
help of Allah, they have successfully treated many patients suffering from sihr
and evil eye.
As this point is very important, we would like to mention it
again, many people are not firm in their aqeedah, therefore giving them a ta’weez
which does contain 100% Quran could be detrimental, as they may start to
believe the ta’weez itself has the power to cure and protect.