What is the ruling on teaching wudu' and salah through pictures and hanging them in the mosque?
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May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is teaching salah and wudu' through pictures, and sticking them up, part of the guidance of the Salaf? He says: Is teaching salah and wudu' through pictures, and sticking them in mosques and on some books, part of the guidance of the Salaf, knowing that...
Answer:
No, it is not part of the guidance of the Salaf; this is the way of those who engage in frivolity. It is not part of the guidance of the Salaf. Do not use pictures, even if they say they have no heads or faces. This is frivolity. The Muslims know how to perform wudu', praise be to Allah, and they know how to pray. They have not reached such a state of ignorance. This is frivolity. Hanging them in mosques is not permissible. I hold that nothing should be hung in mosques. Mosques are not places for advertisements or for sticking up papers. Nothing should ever be hung in mosques. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is teaching salah and wudu' through pictures, and sticking them up, part of the guidance of the Salaf? He says: Is teaching salah and wudu' through pictures, and sticking them in mosques and on some books, part of the guidance of the Salaf, knowing that...
Answer:
No, it is not part of the guidance of the Salaf; this is the way of those who engage in frivolity. It is not part of the guidance of the Salaf. Do not use pictures, even if they say they have no heads or faces. This is frivolity. The Muslims know how to perform wudu', praise be to Allah, and they know how to pray. They have not reached such a state of ignorance. This is frivolity. Hanging them in mosques is not permissible. I hold that nothing should be hung in mosques. Mosques are not places for advertisements or for sticking up papers. Nothing should ever be hung in mosques. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تعليم الوضوء والصلاة عن طريق الصور وتعليقها في المسجد؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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