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A friend of mine was going to buy me a gift from her local Islamic Store, she is a new revert alhamdulilah, and still has a lot to learn about Islam. She showed me the gift before she got it, it was a necklace with the "hand of Fatimah" on it, the shop-owner said to protect the wearer of the "evil eye"
First of all, isnt this Bidah? To depend on anything but Allah (swt) for our saftey?
Anyway, I am sure you all have seen this symbol, it is a hand with an EYE in the middle. When I saw the pendant, I was like...I have seen this before...SURE ENOUGH, It is a symbol which pre-dates Islam! It refers to an ancient Middle Eastern goddess whose hand wards off the evil eye.
It is common to see this symbol on the shops of fortune tellers, tarot card readers, and palm readers here in America...I knew it was familiar :astag:
Why in the heck is this in an Islamic store!?!
Has anyone else encountered this symbol claiming it to be in Islam???
Insha'Allah we can all stay on the Straight Path...
First of all, isnt this Bidah? To depend on anything but Allah (swt) for our saftey?
Anyway, I am sure you all have seen this symbol, it is a hand with an EYE in the middle. When I saw the pendant, I was like...I have seen this before...SURE ENOUGH, It is a symbol which pre-dates Islam! It refers to an ancient Middle Eastern goddess whose hand wards off the evil eye.
It is common to see this symbol on the shops of fortune tellers, tarot card readers, and palm readers here in America...I knew it was familiar :astag:
Why in the heck is this in an Islamic store!?!
Has anyone else encountered this symbol claiming it to be in Islam???
Insha'Allah we can all stay on the Straight Path...