What is the ruling on trading in goods for children that have images and drawings on them?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy. I am a merchant who imports goods specifically for children, and they have some images and drawings on them, which may be in the form of stamps or pictures. I have tried to avoid this doubtful matter by finding an alternative, but the factory owner forces me to manufacture a quantity that I cannot handle, and it requires a long time. If that is permissible, what are the guidelines that should be followed? Knowing that many young people are waiting for the answer to this question?
Answer:
The images on clothes and on goods are undoubtedly not permissible. But these images are not intended, because when we buy goods, we want the goods, not the images. We benefit from the goods and do not intend these images. These images have no value and are not intended, so we do not leave the goods and the benefit from the goods just because they have images on them. But if you want, for example, to wear a garment that has an image on it, you must remove the image; you do not wear a garment with an image on it. As for images that are degraded, such as mattresses, carpets, and rugs that people sit on and tread upon, there is no harm in them having images because they are degraded. Because they are degraded and tread upon, they have no value.
And as for clothes, it is not permissible for you to wear clothing that has an image on it. Rather, you try to obliterate the image and remove the image, or you choose fabric that does not have an image and wear from that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy. I am a merchant who imports goods specifically for children, and they have some images and drawings on them, which may be in the form of stamps or pictures. I have tried to avoid this doubtful matter by finding an alternative, but the factory owner forces me to manufacture a quantity that I cannot handle, and it requires a long time. If that is permissible, what are the guidelines that should be followed? Knowing that many young people are waiting for the answer to this question?
Answer:
The images on clothes and on goods are undoubtedly not permissible. But these images are not intended, because when we buy goods, we want the goods, not the images. We benefit from the goods and do not intend these images. These images have no value and are not intended, so we do not leave the goods and the benefit from the goods just because they have images on them. But if you want, for example, to wear a garment that has an image on it, you must remove the image; you do not wear a garment with an image on it. As for images that are degraded, such as mattresses, carpets, and rugs that people sit on and tread upon, there is no harm in them having images because they are degraded. Because they are degraded and tread upon, they have no value.
And as for clothes, it is not permissible for you to wear clothing that has an image on it. Rather, you try to obliterate the image and remove the image, or you choose fabric that does not have an image and wear from that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المتاجرة في بضائع للأطفال عليها صور ورسومات؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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