The Ruling on Keeping Documentary and Heritage Images
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Question:
Shaykh, may Allah reward you. If there are heritage images in the house, but they are influential, do the angels enter the house or not?
Answer:
If the need for images is for things like an ID card or a school certificate, meaning they are looked at for the benefits that cannot be obtained except through the image, this is considered permissible. However, one should not look at them and should leave them in a box or something old. This is a dispensation for dire necessity.
As for the remaining images, it is not permissible to keep them; they must be destroyed, whether for the sake of memories, adornment, or anything else. The images must be destroyed, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him): Do notRiyad as-Salihin 1687. Do not leave any image in your house except that you destroy it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave anything in his house containing images.
Shaykh, may Allah reward you. If there are heritage images in the house, but they are influential, do the angels enter the house or not?
Answer:
If the need for images is for things like an ID card or a school certificate, meaning they are looked at for the benefits that cannot be obtained except through the image, this is considered permissible. However, one should not look at them and should leave them in a box or something old. This is a dispensation for dire necessity.
As for the remaining images, it is not permissible to keep them; they must be destroyed, whether for the sake of memories, adornment, or anything else. The images must be destroyed, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him): Do not
Spare no portrait unwiped out
تدع صورة إلا طمستها
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