The ruling on praying in a place where pictures are hung

Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on listening in a room or office where some pictures are hung?

Answer:
This is disliked. It is disliked to pray in a room where pictures are hung up, because this resembles the worship of idols. So this is disliked. The prayer is valid, but with the dislike. So he should pray in an empty place. And because pictures distract the one praying from his prayer; they distract him from his prayer. Hanging pictures is forbidden because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and the exaggeration in the painters. One does not hang a picture except for a shaykh (a scholar or teacher), and then it is hung from the angle of exaggeration in praising him and elevating his status, and this is not permissible. In any case, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw pictures on a curtain that had not been hung before, but were pictures on a curtain over an opening in the wall, he did not enter the house until they were removed, until they were removed. And he said , and he said (peace and blessings be upon him) . So this act of hanging pictures in houses, in rooms, and in offices is not permissible. And the people of Noah did not perish except because of this, when they hung the pictures of the righteous, and their affair ended with them worshipping them and associating partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So it is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,