A three-dimensional model of the Ka'bah for the purpose of explanation and clarification
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on making a three-dimensional model of the Ka'bah for the purpose of explaining it and clarifying it?
The Shaykh:
A decision has been issued by the Council of Senior Scholars prohibiting and forbidding this, because people may be misled by it, circumambulate it, and say, "This is the Ka'bah with us, and we have no need to go to Makkah." This is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They build a Ka'bah for themselves and do not come to Makkah. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
There is no house other than the one built by Ibrahim (peace be upon him); there is nothing else. And it is not permissible to make replicas of it and say, "This is for teaching." This is not permissible; a decision has been issued forbidding it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on making a three-dimensional model of the Ka'bah for the purpose of explaining it and clarifying it?
The Shaykh:
A decision has been issued by the Council of Senior Scholars prohibiting and forbidding this, because people may be misled by it, circumambulate it, and say, "This is the Ka'bah with us, and we have no need to go to Makkah." This is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They build a Ka'bah for themselves and do not come to Makkah. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
There is no house other than the one built by Ibrahim (peace be upon him); there is nothing else. And it is not permissible to make replicas of it and say, "This is for teaching." This is not permissible; a decision has been issued forbidding it. Yes.
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شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 11-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:14:29)
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