The ruling on what some channels do by hanging pictures of scholars
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: It was mentioned to us that the people of Noah (peace be upon him) made images for remembrance. In these days, some satellite channels hang pictures of scholars, and they repeat them in the form of large pictures hung on the wall. What is your Eminence’s opinion on that?
Answer:
You know that most of the satellite channels are currently for misguidance and spreading shirk (associating partners with Allah), the means of shirk, sorcery, and fortune-telling. So do not rule out that they are promoting the hanging of pictures and pictures of the revered in order to mislead people with them. If the ignorant person sees it, he goes and hangs it in his home just as he saw it on the satellite channels. That is their purpose: calling to falsehood. Should Muslims beware of this? Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: It was mentioned to us that the people of Noah (peace be upon him) made images for remembrance. In these days, some satellite channels hang pictures of scholars, and they repeat them in the form of large pictures hung on the wall. What is your Eminence’s opinion on that?
Answer:
You know that most of the satellite channels are currently for misguidance and spreading shirk (associating partners with Allah), the means of shirk, sorcery, and fortune-telling. So do not rule out that they are promoting the hanging of pictures and pictures of the revered in order to mislead people with them. If the ignorant person sees it, he goes and hangs it in his home just as he saw it on the satellite channels. That is their purpose: calling to falsehood. Should Muslims beware of this? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [607- 4717] حكم ما تفعله بعض القنوات من تعليق لصور العلماء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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