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Using amulets is shirk, whether major or minor depends on the intention.

I don’t do names.

QUESTION: My uncle kept my name “Tamima”.I gotto know recently that tamimah is used to describe amulets. I watch your videos regularly and you said using amulets MAY lead to shirk. I don’t use any amulets but is my name sinful?all my certificate has this name. Should I be concerned with changing my name?

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QUESTION: If a person prays behind an Imam who claims that our Prophet knows the unseen and makes dua to him. So will the prayer of that person be accepted and most importantly will he become a kafir by praying behind such Imam?