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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Dividing image-making between dire necessity and pressing need

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some students of knowledge make a distinction regarding image-making, stating that it is permissible in two cases: in a case of dire necessity, such as personal identification cards, and in the second case, when there is a pressing need, such as educational books for children and medical textbooks. He asks: Is there a Shari'ah basis for this division?

Answer:
No, we are free from such a division. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not divide this into dire necessity. Yes, regarding dire necessity, as Allah the Exalted said:
excepting that to which you are compelledإِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ
[Al-An'am 6:119]
. Yes, even carrion may be eaten if one is in dire necessity for it. As for image-making for teaching children, this is not permissible, and no evidence has come regarding it. The hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) are not specialized except by the hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The hadith does not specify an exception except by the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He cursed the image-makers. What specifies an exception to this? But it was excepted
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 58 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|جهر الإمام بالتكبير ليسمع من خلفه |صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:16:20)

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