Taweez or Talisman?

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Re: Taweez or Talisman?

@TLK

^ how is it shirk if there are no shirkiya kalimaat written on it?

Taweez were originally used for illiterate, very sick people or small kids who could not remember or recite duas or wazaaif that were needed to be recited to save from illness or hardship. Sahaba started writing those duas on a piece of paper and hanging them from necks of little kids and those who were so sick that they could not read the dua on thier own. Later, people started wrapping those papers in cloth to prevent them from falling apart.

“Amr ibn Shu’aib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that 'Rasulu’llah(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) taught my father and grandfather a du’a which we would read before going to sleep, to protect us from fear and anguish.We told our elder children to recite this du’a before going to sleep as well.But for those children who were not yet literate, we would write it and then put it around their necks” [Tafsir Ibn Kathir, under Sura al-Mu’minun, verse 97)

Oh that’s interesting, didn’t know that. So it just evolved from there. Do other muslim cultures practice this taweez stuff too?