Several important and useful questions about spiritual practices

Question

(1) May a person of middle income, whose several sources of income suffice for the necessities of life, take a fee or an offering for amulet squares and amulets for the sake of additional comfort and ease? (2) What is the ruling on using amulets and amulet squares for the purpose of obtaining worldly benefits? (3) May one write out a verse and give it to a needy or sick person as an amulet, so that the sick person ties it on the upper arm or around the neck?

Answer

(1) It is a kind of treatment: a person who is knowledgeable in it and treats in the correct manner may accept an offering. To benefit the creation purely for the sake of Allah is a higher thing. (2) Using permissible amulets and amulet squares for permissible worldly benefits, such as warding off illness, is permissible. (3)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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