The issue of image-making and the disagreement over it
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Regarding the issue of image-making, is it a matter of creed? And has there been any disagreement over it?
The Shaykh:
Tawkiri.
The questioner:
Is image-making a matter of creed? And has there been any disagreement among the scholars over it?
The Shaykh:
There has been no disagreement over it. The disagreement occurred over photographic image-making, whereas drawing by hand, carving in stone, or building an image out of clay—there is no difference of opinion among the scholars that this is forbidden. They only differed over photographic image-making. This is the case, and the correct and stronger position is that it is forbidden, because it is more expressive than drawing by hand. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Regarding the issue of image-making, is it a matter of creed? And has there been any disagreement over it?
The Shaykh:
Tawkiri.
The questioner:
Is image-making a matter of creed? And has there been any disagreement among the scholars over it?
The Shaykh:
There has been no disagreement over it. The disagreement occurred over photographic image-making, whereas drawing by hand, carving in stone, or building an image out of clay—there is no difference of opinion among the scholars that this is forbidden. They only differed over photographic image-making. This is the case, and the correct and stronger position is that it is forbidden, because it is more expressive than drawing by hand. Yes.
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شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 20-03-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (1:00:25)
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