Hanging amulets and ruqyah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him); he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to dislike tying threads.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Ukaym, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever hangs up something, such as a thread or the like, is entrusted to it."

It is narrated from Abu Ubaydah, who said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) went in to see his wife, and she was (at that time) ill. Sayyiduna Abdullah saw a thread hanging on her neck, so he asked: What is this? His wife replied: It is something over which an incantation for fever has been recited for me. So Sayyiduna Abdullah broke it and said: Indeed, the family of Ibrahim are free of shirk.

It is narrated from Ibrahim, who said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saw something hanging on one of the members of his household, so he pulled it off angrily and said: Indeed, the family of Ibn Mas'ud have no need of shirk.

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that he saw a brass bangle on a man's hand. He asked (him): What is this? The man replied: I wear it because of wahinah (a disease of the arm). He said: This will only increase your weakness further. And if you were to die while considering it beneficial, you would certainly die outside the fitrah (natural way).

Al-Hasan narrated something similar from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Yazid, who said: Zayd bin Wahb informed me that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) went to visit a sick man of the tribe of al-Nakha'. He set out and I set out with him. He entered upon him and I entered with him. Then Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) touched his upper arm and saw a thread on it. He took hold of the thread and broke it. Then he said: Had you died while this thread was on your arm, I would not have prayed the funeral prayer over you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went to visit a sick man and saw a thread on his upper arm. He asked: What is this? He replied: It is a thread over which an incantation was recited for me. At this Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) broke it. Then he said: Had you died, I would not have prayed the funeral prayer over you.

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he disliked hanging up even anything from the Qur'an (a verse or the like).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The place of an amulet on a person and on a child is shirk.

It is narrated from Abu Mijlaz, who said: Whoever hangs up something, a thread or the like, will be entrusted to that thing.

It is narrated from Ibrahim, who said: The (earlier) people of knowledge used to dislike all kinds of amulets, whether they were from the Qur'an or from other than the Qur'an.

It is narrated about al-Hasan that he used to dislike them (amulets).

It is narrated from Mughirah, who said: I asked Ibrahim: Because of the fever I have, may I hang this verse on my upper arm (in writing, for protection): "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Ibrahim" [Al-Anbiya: 69]? Ibrahim disliked that.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever hangs amulets and ties threads, that person is acting upon a branch of shirk."

It is narrated from Ibrahim, who said: The (earlier) people of knowledge used not to approve of amulets, incantations and nushrah (treatments to undo magic and the like).

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Suqah that Sa'id bin Jubayr saw a man circling the House of Allah with a bead on his neck, so he broke that bead.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr, who said: Whoever breaks an amulet off a person, this is (in reward) equal to freeing a slave.

It is narrated from Waqi' bin Sahban, who said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Whoever hangs up something is entrusted to it.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr that he had a headache. He relates that a man said to him: Shall I recite an incantation over you for this pain? Sa'id bin Jubayr said: I have no need of incantations.

It is narrated about Ibrahim that he did not approve of amulets for children, and he used to say that children go into the toilet with the amulet on them.