[MADRASA] Pictures, Stuffed Animals, Magazines, Figurines?

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[MADRASA] Pictures, Stuffed Animals, Magazines, Figurines?
destined
07/14/01 at 01:18:05
slm,
I know it is haraam to keep pictures in the house.  But is it also haraam to keep stuff animals or figurines?

Does the follwing hadith & commentary mean any pic of anything is considered haraam?


Anas (Radhi Allaho anho) reports that the Messenger of Allah (Sallalaho alaihe wasallam) said: "On the Night of Power, 'Jibra'il' (Alayhis Salaam) descends upon the Earth with a group of Angels, praying for blessings for every servant of Allah whom they see in worship, standing or sitting, and engrossed in Allah's praise.


COMMENTARY

In this Hadith, it is clearly mentioned that 'Jibraeel' (Alayhis Salaam) comes down with the angels.

Another Hadith reported by Ibne Abbas and quoted by Abdul Qaadir Jilaani in his book 'Ghunya' further elucidates the contents of this Hadith. It is reported that Jibraeel (Alayhis Salaam), after his descent, commands the angels to proceed to the house of everyone busy with players, and greet him by shaking his hands. Thereupon the angels spread forth, visiting every dwelling, whether large or small, whether in the jungle or on a ship, wherein a believer resides to shake his hands.

However, certain houses are not entered; the house wherein a dog or a pig is found, the house wherein one is found unclean (Janaabah), as a result of adultery, and the house wherein pictures (images) of men and animals are displayed.

How unfortunate that Muslims' houses should be deprived of the blessed entry of angels simply because there are pictures of men and animals being displayed, solely for the sake of decoration.

A single picture may have been hung by some member of the household, as a result of which the complete household is deprived of blessings.
Re: Inanimate Objects
abc
12/19/00 at 02:52:42
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah
Jazakallah for the reminder, yes certainly no pics of living things should be on display . But I wondering whether they are allowed to be kept elsewhere, like for instance albums kept insides cupboards etc or newspapers/books/mags etc. Is that not allowed either? Anyone know??

wassalam
Re: Inanimate Objects
proudtobemuslim
12/19/00 at 06:26:51
Islam-qa.com:

What is the ruling on buying or keeping magazines
     containing pictures?

Praise be to Allaah.

There is nothing wrong with keeping Islamic magazines that contain
pictures, because a person keeps them for the useful information in
them, not for the pictures. As for magazines which are published and
bought and kept for the sake of the pictures in them, these are haraam
and it is not permissible to keep them, because the angels do not enter
a house in which there are pictures.

Liqa’ al-Baab al-Maftooh, 52/52.

If the magazine is useful and you want to keep it, then blot out
whatever pictures are on the cover. And Allaah knows best.


Re: Inanimate Objects
destined
12/19/00 at 17:20:18
what about stuffed animals, anybody know

???

:)
Re: Inanimate Objects
Anonymous
12/25/00 at 21:04:50
From islam questions/answers (Munajjid):

Question:

I have read all your answers regarding pictures for children.  In my
home, we have no pictures or animate (2-D and 3-D) figures, apart from
these for children. In answering a question about photos, you stated no
3-dimensional images were allowed.  Can you please explain the tradition
where Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) had a small toy unicorn (or
similar) that she played with as a child, and the Prophet did not stop
her.  

Please answer this question, as all practising muslims I know have toys
for their children.  We all seek the right path of Islam.  

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Those toys which are made of wool are not considered to be images,
because they do not have a head apart from a piece of wool, and it does not
have the features of the face such as eyes, nose, mouth or ears. If an
image does not have a head or any facial features, it is exempt from
the ruling prohibiting images.  

Even if we assume that it is an image, this does not mean that all
images are permitted. Rather it is an exemption from the prohibition for a
legitimate shar’i purpose, which is to teach girls how to care for
babies and to develop maternal feelings in their hearts, in order to
prepare them for the future.  

Most of the scholars have exempted the making of girls’ toys from the
prohibition on making images and statues. This is the view of the
Maalikis, Shaafa’is and Hanbalis. Al-Qaadi ‘Iyaad narrated that most of the
scholars said that this is permissible, and he was followed in that by
al-Nawawi in his commentary on Muslim. He said: “Exempted from the
prohibition on making images that have a shadow are things that are used as
toys for girls, because of the exemption that was narrated concerning
that. This means that it is permissible, whether they are toys in the
shape of people or animals, three-dimensional or otherwise, and whether
they are supposed to represent real animals or not, such as a horse with
wings…  

The majority of scholars quote as evidence for this exemption the
hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) in which she says:

“I used to play with dolls in the house of the Prophet  (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him). I had friends who used to play with me.
When the Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) came in, they would hide themselves, then he would call them to join
me and play with me.”

According to another report, she said that the Messenger  (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) came back from the battle of Tabook or
Khaybar, and there was a curtain in her alcove. The wind blew and
lifted the curtain, showing some dolls with which ‘Aa’ishah was playing. He
said, “What is this, O ‘Aa’ishah?” She said, “My daughters.” Among them
he saw a mare with wings made of leather.” He said, ‘And what is this
that I see in the midst of them?” She said, “A mare.” He said, “What is
this on it?” She said, “Wings.” He said, “A mare with wings?” She said,
“Have you not heard that Sulaymaan had a horse with wings?” She said,
the Messenger of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
smiled so broadly that I could see his eyeteeth.  

The Maalikis, Shaafa’is and Hanbalis interpreted this as an exemption
for making toys because of the necessity of educating girls in how to
bring up children. This interpretation is obvious if the toy is in the
form of a human, but it is not obvious if it is in the form of a horse
with wings. Hence al-Haleemi used this report and others to support his
argument. He said: “There are two benefits of that in the case of girls,
one immediate and one which comes later. The immediate benefit is that
they have fun, which is one of the most effective means of child
development. If a child is well taken care of and feels happy and content,
his development will be stronger and better. That is because joy
energizes the mind, which in turn energizes the soul, and that has an effect on
the body and produces physical strength. The benefit which is seen
later on is that through that (play), the girls learn how to deal with
children, love them and feel compassion for them, and that becomes second
nature to them, so that when they grow up and see for themselves the
things they used to play at, they will find that the compassion they used
to play at is something very real indeed. Ibn Hajar quoted in al-Fath
from someone who thought that making toys was haraam, and that it had
been permitted at first but was then abrogated by the general prohibition
on making images. He responded by noting that the abrogation could have
been the other way round and that the permission to make toys came
later, on the grounds that in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be
pleased with her) about her toys, there is the indication that this happened
at a later date, because it mentions that this happened when the
Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came back from Tabook.
So the apparent meaning is that it happened later on. (al-Mawsoo’ah
al-Fiqhiyyah – Maaddat al-Tasweer)


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