QUESTION: I am aware that angels do not enter the house where pictures are hanging on walls etc. Does the same apply if I put pictures in places like inside my cupboards where they cannot be seen. For example pictures of my loved ones

Images and image-making
01 Aug

ANSWER: No problem as long as these are pictures of men and small children and not that of women or deceased people. 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to use a animal shaped keyring with only eyes and lips in it? Or a brooch with the head and face of an animal not the body?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
03 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

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QUESTION: I got a tiffin box on that box their is a printing of peacock. Can we use such boxes??

Images and image-making
15 Jun

ANSWER: You need to cover the head of the bird.

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QUESTION: Is it shirk to keep the soft copy of the photo of a deceased on a phone or PC? If a person doesn’t talk to it or address it, will it be considered as shirk? What about storing old photos or old things as memory?

Funerals, Images and image-making
23 May

ANSWER: This is not shirk. It is prohibited and sinful though.

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QUESTION: Sheikh Is It permissible to hang photo frames of humans in house?

Images and image-making
03 Mar

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh a friend of mine used to draw anime characters despite knowing it’s Haram, she kept saying that it’s the intentions that matters she finally stopped & has repented but she wants to know if she can keep her drawings or must she throw them away for repentance to be accepted.

Images and image-making
07 Dec

ANSWER: It is not permissible to keep anything that has life in it and must be destroyed as a proof of her repentance.

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Is it permissible to post and sell products that have pictures of women on them?

Images and image-making, Jobs
30 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible to post such pictures. Selling them on the other hand is something that is unavoidable due to the many products that have such photos on them. 

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Is it permissible for children to wear dress with images,cartoon characters ect?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making, Pedagogy education and upbringing
30 Jun

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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Have a LOT of old clothes 2 give away Alhumdulillah. They r taking up too much space n cluttering d house. Bt cannot giv them away bcoz of wot u said: 1. Pictures on them (I tried painting, it’s exhausting n didn’t work) 2. Female clothes hv hijab issues lik short sleeves etc. Can female clothes b given away by asking d person to not wear it infront of non-mehram? If not,wot 2 do?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making, Women clothing
14 Jun

ANSWER: Do not give away the ones with photos. As for the females dresses, you can give it away and assume that the poor accepting it would wear it in front of their husbands.

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Is it haram to keep photos of us framed on the walls in the house? Even if there are no photos infront of us while praying? But just keeping only for the sole purpose of beautification and decor.

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

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all as Prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam forbade this as this blocks the angels from entering your house.

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