‘Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:
A group of people came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). He accepted the pledge of allegiance of nine and did not accept it from one. They said: O Messenger of Allah, you accepted the pledge of nine but not of this one. He said: "He is wearing an amulet." So, he put his hand in and cut it, and thus, accepted his pledge and said: "Whoever hangs an amulet has committed Shirk (polytheism)."
A group of people came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and they were ten. He accepted the pledge of allegiance to Islam and to follow him from nine of them and did not accept it from the tenth person. When he was asked about the reason behind that, he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: He is wearing an amulet, beads or other things that are tied or hung to ward off the evil eye or harm. So, the man put his hand in the place where the amulet was, cut it, and got rid of it, and the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) then accepted his pledge and said by way of warning against amulets and clarifying its ruling: "Whoever hangs an amulet has committed Shirk."
Lessons
Whoever relies on other than Allah, Allah will give him the opposite of what he intended.
Believing that hanging amulets is a cause of warding off harm and the evil eye constitutes minor Shirk, whereas believing that the amulet itself can bring benefit constitutes major Shirk.
Explanation in Arabic
قَدِمَ جماعةٌ إلى النبيّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وكان عددُهم عشرة، فبايع تسعةً منهم على الإسلام والمتابعة، ولم يبايع العاشر، فلما سُئل عن سببِ ذلك قال عليه الصلاة والسلام:
إنّ عليه تميمة، وهي ما يُربط أو يُعلَّق مِن الخَرَز وغيرِها لِدَفع العين أو الضرر.
فأدخلَ الرجلُ يدَه لموضع التميمة وقَطَعَها وتَخلَّص منها، فبايعه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عند ذلك، وقال مُحَذِّرًا من التمائم ومُبَيِّنًا حكمَها:
"مَن علَّقَ تَميمة فقد أشرك".
مَن اعتَمَدَ على غير الله عامَلَه الله بِنَقِيْضِ قَصْدِه.
اعتقاد أنَّ تَعليقَ التمائمِ سببٌ في دفع الأذى والعين شركٌ أصغر، أما إن اعتقد أنها تنفع بذاتها فهو شرك أكبر.
Scholars’ grades
Original grading term, without a named scholar: حسن
