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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QUESTION: I have a small pillow on my sofa. That pillow is in green colour, round in shape with eyes on top like two antennas and a smile on it’s face. It looks like some creature but not a proper shape of any animal. Is it halal to have it or angels will not enter the house?

Images and image-making
14 Oct

ANSWER: If it has a face, this is not permissible

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QUESTION: What is the ruling on buying baby or kids’ bedsheets that have faces on them, or baby pajamas with faces on them?

Images and image-making, Pedagogy education and upbringing
03 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible It is permissible to give children toys that have the shape of humans or animals. It is not permissible to have these drawings on the clothes of children.

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QUESTION: I found out that angels dont enter the house if there are hanged pictures. what if i live in a flat with other girls (like dorms) – we each have our own room but share the kitchen and living room. if i dont have any pictures in my room but they have in theirs (some of them are muslims but not all), does it still mean that the angels wont enter the flat?

Images and image-making
01 Sep

ANSWER: As long as your room is free from such images, the angels will enter it.

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