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How authentic is the narration from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i: "They (the Companions) disliked all amulets, whether from the Qur'an or other than the Qur'an," and does it contradict his statement: "That is only disliked for the ceremonially impure (junub) and the menstruating woman"?

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The first narration was reported by Ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Ubayd with an authentic chain of transmission from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, who said: "They (the Companions and early Muslims) disliked all amulets, whether from the Qur'an or other than the Qur'an." This narration is supported by what the narrator asked Ibrahim al-Nakha'i: "I said to Ibrahim: 'Should I hang this verse on my arm: {O fire, be coolness and peace upon Abraham} [21:69] because of a fever I had?' And he disliked that." The second narration was reported by Abu Ubayd with an authentic chain of transmission from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, from Hammad, from Shu'bah, from Afif ibn Salim.

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