The use of amulets was justified by a saying of Mohammed: "There is no wrong in using charms and spells so long as you do not associate anything with God."According to the sayings of numerous Sheiks, but also other prominent spiritual authorities, there is no religious hurdle for a talisman to be used in a healing treatment, especially with spiritual diseases.
Talismans cure numerous issues and diseases caused by evil invisible creatures, various bodily diseases, madness, blindness, epilepsy, for which it is claimed among the Bosnian folk that it most frequently appears in surroundings where there is the highest concentration of black magic, headaches, infertility, depression, unknown diseases, high blood pressure, etc. Also, talismans can be used to positively influence lawsuits, when searching for a job, to return a loved person, finding your soul mate, calming down marital disputes and the like.
The name amulet (hamail) and talisman (tilsum or talsam) come from the Arabic language and through Greeks, like many other terms they came into Europe and got domesticated in dictionaries and tradition. Talismans are considered to be more powerful than prayers since they have the specificity to prolong the effect of god’s holly words, which disperse after a prayer, while if written they accumulate and shine their power for a long time and achieve a much stronger effect.
An ancient rule is that talismans are created using an ink made out of saffron, in which one can add an explicit note of perfume or a few drops of rose water. The reason for this is of course practical and it is based on the belief that good beings, primarily angels, respond to a call which has a pleasant smell. That’s why it is forbidden to eat garlic or onions before a prayer and before creating a talisman or amulet, physical impurity and all those things which have to do with tidiness and pleasant sensations.
In rituals of talisman or amulet creation, fumigation is inevitable. Application of fragrances is a constituent of middle eastern religious-magical teachings and that segment is found in the tradition of BiH. Namely, in Bosnian mythology a legend about the big celestial bird is mentioned Haramki which was convicted by Allah, because of its arrogance, to be constantly in flight, without the possibility of landing on earth or a tree. In the past our grandparents had a custom of pealing an apple or orange, and place the peel on the hot stove to feed the celestial bird with that smoke and to do a good deed.
