The Magical Power of Talisman And Amulet Nowdays Based On Hadith

 Talisman is the holy thing that has supranatural power to overcome various problems of life and to achieve the purposes.Talisman and amulet can be made from stone, cloth, paper, wood, leather etc that use arabic letters, symbols and arabic numerals.People believe in wearing it will protect them against satan, evil eyes, crime etc because it flows the certain cosmos energy or supranatural energy.They write it in body in order to be invulnerable against bullets, sharp things such as knife, sickle, spears etc.Today some people use it for the crime.                                                

There are some opinions about the using of talisman and amulet :

At-Tama’im is the act of putting an amulet around the necks of children to save them from the effect of evil  eye.It was allowed and disallowed by some.Some ancestor allowed that if the amulet contains the verses of the Qur’an or Allah’s Names and Attributes.Ibn Mas’ud  ( May Allah be pleased with him ) was among those who disapproved by using an amulet.

At-Tiwalah  ( bewitchment ) is something done by those who claim they can cause a woman to 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 and Tirmidhi )

Sa’id bin Jubair said : “ Whoever cut an amulet or talism from anyone, it would be equal to liberate a slave.”

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 NECLACE OF BOWSTRING OR ANY OTHER KIND OF NECKLACE ROUND NECKS OF CAMELS EXCEPT IT S 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 ) said that ‘AR-RUQA , AT-TAMA’IM AND AT-TIWALAH ARE ALL ACTS OF SHIRK ( POLYTHEISM ).” ( MUSNAD AHMAD ; ABU DAUD ).

The Prophet Muhammad SAW said " whoever wears a talisman, amulet has comitted shirk." ( Musnat Ahmed 16969 ) classed as saheeh by syaykh Al-Albaani in Al- Silsilah Al- saheehah 492.