Q1) Is wearing tavees permissible. nowadays lots of people wear it for protection. did the nabi (saw) forbade this?
Q2) Is swimming, horse riding, bows and arrows, wrestling and racing are sports that nabi (saw) use to do? can we say that they are considered to be sunnah?
jazakallah plz answer
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
1) It is permissible to wear the Ta’weez (Talisman) on condition that it is with the ‘words of Allāh’ (i.e. the names/attributes of Allāh as well as the words of the Holy Qurān) and Hadīth. (Mahmūdiya p69 vol.20)
Ta’weez and medication are the same, such that they only work by the will of Almighty Allāh. Therefore, it is imperative to have firm belief that only Allāh cures sicknesses, not medication, nor Ta’weez.
The father of Abu Khuzā ‘a said:
سألت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلت يا رسول الله أرأيت رقى نسترقيها ودواء نتداوى به وتقاة نتقيها هل ترد من قدر الله شيئا قال هي من قدر الله
“I asked “Oh messenger of Allāh! Do you think Ruqan (amulet), medication and security change something in Taqdeer (predestination)? Rasūlulah صلى الله عليه وسلم said “It is part of Taqdeer.” (Tirmidhi)
2) Racing, wrestling, horse riding, archery and swimming are all mentioned in the Aĥādīth and can be considered as Sunnah.
And Allah knows best
Wassalaamu `alaykum
Ml. Zakariyya bin Ahmed,
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved by:
Ml. Abrar Mirza,
Student Darul Iftaa
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In’aamiyyah