بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
إِنَّ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمَ وَالتِّوَلَةَ شِرْكٌ
Indeed, Ruqā, Tamīmah, and Tiwalah are Shirk (polytheism). (Abū Dawūd 3883. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
Shaykh Uthaymīn said:
Ruqā is the plural of Ruqyah which means incantation (recitation). Here it refers to Ruqyāh with which is not approved in the Sharī’ah (i.e. those that involve Shirk).
Tamāim (amulets) is the plural of Tamīmah – it is called so as they assume that it will protect against evil eye.
Tiwalah is something they hang around the husband, claiming that it makes the wife endear to the husband and the husband to the wife, and this is shirk; Because it is neither legislated (in the sharī’ah) nor (is it) a preordained reason for love. An example of such is the dublah.
The dublah is a ring that is bought at the time of marriage and placed in the husband’s hand (i.e. finger), and if the husband removes it; The woman says that he does not love her. They believe that it brings benefit and averts harm, and they say: As long as it is in the husband’s hand; It means that the relationship between them is strong and vice versa.
If this intention exists then it is minor shirk, and if this intention is not present – which is far from possible-; then it is from imitating the Christians, as it was taken from them.
And if it is (made of) gold, in the case of the man, there is a third prohibition, which is wearing gold.
Thus, it is either shirk, or imitation of Christians, or prohibition of its nature if it is for men.
[the above] may fall under minor shirk or major shirk depending on the intention of the person; if one wears it thinking that love is caused by Allāh then it’s minor shirk. But if he believes that it has an impact on its own, then it is major shirk.
(Abridged and slightly paraphrased, Qawl al-Mufīd, Sharh Kitāb al-Tawhīd 1/179-183)
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