Saʿīd ibn Jubayr reported: “Whoever removes a tamīmah (amulet) from a person earns a reward equivalent to that of emancipating a slave.” It was transmitted by Wakīʿ. Wakīʿ also narrated from Ibrāhīm: “They used to detest every type of amulet, whether it contained Quranic verses or anything else.”

— Wakīʿ: Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ, a reliable imām, prolific author, d. 197 AH.
— Ibrāhīm: the imām Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī, a trustworthy scholar among the leading jurists, d. 96 AH.
— “Equivalent to freeing a slave”: that is, he receives the same reward as one who sets a slave free.
— “Also” (lahu): meaning that Wakīʿ narrated this second report as well.
— “They”: the Companions of ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd, who are among the foremost of the Successors.

General sense of the two reports: Whoever removes from someone an object he has hung on himself to ward off harm receives a reward like that of freeing a slave, because by wearing amulets the person becomes a captive of Satan; when the amulet is cut off, the captivity of Satan is lifted. Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī relates that some of the eminent Successors issued a blanket prohibition on hanging amulets, even those written entirely with Quranic text, in order to block the means that lead to wrongdoing.

The relevance of the two reports to this chapter is obvious: both convey the absolute ban on hanging amulets as affirmed by these noble Successors.

Lessons derived from the two reports: