The Ruling on Hanging Pictures
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is observed that the transmitted texts are about the righteous. How did others get involved with them, given that the righteous are the ones who are the object of veneration, while others are not highly esteemed in the hearts of people? This is also what is observed among the People of the Book, who worship only the righteous,
Answer:
the righteous, the leaders, and the highly esteemed, as well as the non-righteous and the non-esteemed, as the examples multiply. So do not hang pictures in general, not for scholars, not for the righteous, not for scholars, and not for the common people. Do not hang pictures, because this is a means. If pictures of the common people are hung, then pictures of scholars are hung. If pictures of scholars are hung, then pictures of leaders and kings are hung. This is what blocks the means to harm.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is observed that the transmitted texts are about the righteous. How did others get involved with them, given that the righteous are the ones who are the object of veneration, while others are not highly esteemed in the hearts of people? This is also what is observed among the People of the Book, who worship only the righteous,
Answer:
the righteous, the leaders, and the highly esteemed, as well as the non-righteous and the non-esteemed, as the examples multiply. So do not hang pictures in general, not for scholars, not for the righteous, not for scholars, and not for the common people. Do not hang pictures, because this is a means. If pictures of the common people are hung, then pictures of scholars are hung. If pictures of scholars are hung, then pictures of leaders and kings are hung. This is what blocks the means to harm.
Source
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