What is al-Tiwalah? By Sh. Muhammad b. Salih al-‘Uthaymin

Sh. Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, may Allāh have mercy upon him, said:

“al-Tiwalah is something [people] do claiming that it causes a woman to be loved by her husband and vice versa. The closest [term] to that is what is referred amongst us as al-diblah (ring). It is said that the husband inscribes his wife’s name in his ring, and the wife inscribes her husband’s name in her ring, and they claim that they – the couple – attain love and affection through this action of theirs, and that if he removes the ring, or she removes it, it means [their] separation.

So, if one asks: what is the means for a man to love his wife and his wife to love her husband? We say: the means to that has been explained by Allāh in His statement: {And live with them in a good manner} [al-Nisāʾ (4): 19]. So, if a person lives in a good manner with his wife, and she does likewise; love, closeness and blissful married life occurs.”

Source: Fatāwá Nūr ʿalá al-Darb (1: 107-8, no. 77).

Note:

One of the many notable and beneficial features of Sh. al-ʿUthaymīn’s works, is that he always tries to provide a divinely legislated solution, and alternative, to something which is prohibited in the Dīn. May Allāh bless him with all goodness.

Bedtime

Sūrah al-Kāfirūn

It is recommended for one to recite Sūrah al-Kāfirūn before going to sleep. The proof is:

On the authority of Farwah b. Nawfal, [who narrated] from his father: that the Prophet, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, said to Nawfal:

“Read {Say: O you disbelievers!}, then go to sleep at the end of it, for indeed it is a complete disavowal of polytheism.”

Reported by the Five except for Ibn Mājah, and the wording is that of Abū Dāwūd.

Source: Abū Dāwūd (5055), al-Tirmidhī (3403), al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrá (10569) and (11645), Aḥmad (23807) and Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb (605) by al-Albānī.