QUESTION: Can I draw or crochet 3D animals with whole body and head, just no facial features?

Images and image-making
24 May

ANSWER: This is not permissible as 3D is a statue.

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QUESTION: I had story books containing pictures of living beings.Was in my mind to ask if it’s halal to sell it?My grandmother told me that she wants to sell it but I told wait,will sell later(Note:The books are mine).But she sold it to scrap dealer.So is the money halal for me?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
13 May

ANSWER: No, this is not halal to sell 

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QUESTION: i know its not permissible to have stuffed toys as angels dont enter a room with figures etc but is it ok if i keep it in a box or somewhere hidden? This stuffed toy duck i have belongs to someone that has passed and i would like to keep it.

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
20 Apr

ANSWER: This is permissible for young children and haram for adults as these are statues and you must get rid of them. If you tuck it away so that you would give it to another child later on or to your own, this seems permissible

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QUESTION: Is it permissible in Islam to take photographs and compile them into a personal album for memories (family, travels)without any intention of showing them publicly or using them for haram purposes?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
10 Jan

ANSWER: No problem if it only has men, young children and not of women or deceased people.

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QUESTION: is it permissible to make a photo black and white

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
10 Dec

ANSWER: No problem, as long as the photo itself is halal (no women, no showing awrah, no deceased person etc)

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QUESTION: Sheikh since its not permissible to use cartoon based clothes now what should i do with my kids clothes blankets which have cartoons on it they are alot

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making, Pedagogy education and upbringing
09 Dec

ANSWER: You can apply fabric paint on the facial features or sew on the facial features so that they are not visible.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to wear eye glasses from brands which have logos of animate objects on the glasses. Example Versace has a logo of a woman, it does not have eye balls but engraved features.

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
08 Dec

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it has a face with head & has facial features. You can cover the eyes and wear.

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QUESTION: Is it haram to sell items(plates etc) with images? My mother sells items with images. And sometimes I help her. If it is not permissible, may I sell them out of necessity? as I and my family do need money. And she already bought the items.

Images and image-making, Jobs
31 Oct

ANSWER: It is not permissible to sell such items with animate images on them. You can sell images of landscape and things that have no soul in them.

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QUESTION: I have a hobby of collecting banknotes from different countries, some were gifted to me and others I kept after traveling, some of them have just images of nature while other have images of people and animals, is it permissible to collect those with images of animate beings?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
29 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in collecting them providing you do not display them as this would prevent angels from entering the room

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QUESTION: My mom has some printed pictures of me from when i was younger. Some pics are of me alone and some are me together with non mahrams. Do I have to throw printed pictures away knowing that they‘ll be angry?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
15 Oct

ANSWER: You cannot throw them away as they don’t belong to you

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