Book Name:Quran Ki Taseer
Sayyidunā ꜤUmar sent him a hat. Whenever Caesar wore this, his headache disappeared. When he removed it, the pain returned.
Out of curiosity, he opened the hat and found a piece of paper inside, upon which was written: بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْم.[1]
A man once complained to Imam ShāfiꜤī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه about an eye disease.
The imam wrote بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْم along with verse 22 of Surah Qāf:
فَکَشَفْنَا عَنْکَ غِطَآءَکَ فَبَصَرُکَ الْیَوْمَ حَدِیْدٌ (۲۲)
And verse 44 of Surah Ḥā Mīm al-Sajdah:
لِلَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا ھُدًی وَّ شِفَآءٌ ؕ
He gave this to the man, and because of it, the illness was cured.[2]
Dear Islamic brothers! From this, we learn that wearing and taking benefit from a taꜤwīdh (amulet) is completely permissible. Some people misunderstand certain narrations that prohibit tamāˈim. In the pre-Islamic era, non-Muslims would wear amulets containing names of their false gods, superstitious symbols, or polytheistic words.
These were known as tamāˈim and are forbidden in Islam. On the other hand, a taꜤwīdh is something entirely different, as it has Quranic verses, the sacred names of Allah, their numerical values (aꜤdād), and authentic supplications.[3]