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Can a Child Wear a Necklace With the Verse of the Throne on It?

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Seekersguidance.org

Answered by Shaykh Umer Mian

Question: As Salam Alaykum,

Is it permissible for a child who is not yet toilet trained (i.e. wears nappies) to wear a necklace with the verse of the Throne (ayat ul kursi)?

Answer: Wa alaikum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

A Qur’anic verse written on a piece of paper (or the like) and worn on one’s person is called a ta’wiz (تعويذ) in Arabic. For a discussion of the general permissibility of using a ta’wiz, please see this answer by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.

Regarding putting a ta’wiz on those who are ritually impure, Ibn Abideen states the following in Radd al-Muhtar (the primary source of fatwa in the Hanafi madhab):

وَفِي الْمُجْتَبَى … وَلَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَشُدَّ الْجُنُبُ وَالْحَائِضُ التَّعَاوِيذَ عَلَى الْعَضُدِ إذَا كَانَتْ مَلْفُوفَةً ا هـ (رد المحتار، كتاب الحظر والإباحة، فصل في اللباس)

“It is said in Al-Mujtaba (a well-known Hanafi fiqh text): … There is nothing wrong with a person in major ritual impurity (i.e. a junub or a woman in hayd) tying a ta’wiz on their arm, as long as the ta’wiz is wrapped.”

A small child is in no worse state than someone who is ritually impure. Therefore, it would be permissible to put a ta’wiz on a small child as well, as long as the Qur’anic verse is wrapped in something (e.g. a piece of cloth or paper).

Wassalam,
Umer

This answer was collected from Seekersguidance.org. It’s an online learning platform overseen by Sheikh Faraz Rabbani. All courses are free. They also have in-person classes in Canada.

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