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19 Questions

What is the view on wearing amulets or Taweez for protection against magic, Jinns, or the evil eye? Are these practices in accordance with the teachings of the Ahlul Bayt (a)?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'āla

I've written briefly about this, in the below link, hopefully it will be useful for you.

https://sheikh-alsalami.org.au/2019/11/26/what-you-need-to-know-about-sh...
Is it true that evil spirits can follow us to a new house if we bring old things from our haunted house? Are there any clear references in Islam regarding such matters?
Amina Inloes

If you think that you have an object that is causing you a problem due to unwanted spirits, put the object in a different location (outside your new home) and see if it helps.

I have always assumed that part of the reason why drawings/statues of animate beings, as well as certain other items, are discouraged in hadith (Sunni and Shi'i) is due to the possibility that they can sometimes become inhabited by unwanted spirits (even if this does not usually happen) (that is to say, it is not only about idolatry, as it is usually understood today). 

 
Certain families, like Bani Umayyah, are considered evil, and are cursed in Ziarat Ashurah. How does this collective evil, and collective good for the noble families, correspond with individual free will?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

There is collective evil on any family even if majority of the family went with wrong and falsehood. Bani Omayyah who were cursed in Ziyarat Ashura include those wrong doers and their supporters only. Pious persons from Bani Omayyah are not included at all in this curse as we read in our authentic narrations about Sa'd Al-Khair Al-Amawi who was from the Omayyad family from the children of Abdul Aziz ibn Marwan, but was a follower of Ahlul Bayt (AS) and a student of Imam Al-Baqir (AS). Imam Al-Baqir (AS) told him that he is never included in the curse as he is a Mo'min.

The most noble family Bani Hashim had also bad persons like Abu Lahab who was a direct uncle of the Prophet (SAWA).

True faith and good deeds are the criteria always as Allah (SWT) states in Quran : Surely,the best of you in front of Allah is the most pious.Al-Ahzab;13

'Wassalam.
What kind of effect should enjoining good and forbidding evil have for it to be obligatory?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Enjoining good and forbidding evil is obligatory when it's conditions are fulfilled. The conditions include: 1. Knowing definitely that the specific act is good or bad in Islamic rules. If you are not sure, then it is not obligatory on you.

2. Having a reasonable possibility that you can achieve any impact on them. If you are sure that the sinners will never listen to you, it will not be obligatory on you.

3. There should be no danger on you or other believers if you enjoin good or forbid evil.. If you have a reasonable possibility of danger, then it will not be obligatory on you.

'Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a great deed of obedience of Allah (SWT). It is the act of the prophets and Infallible Imams. It help the person himself to to do good and avoid evil.

Wassalam.