The Ruling on Hanging Pictures of Presidents and Leaders

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, is it permissible to hang pictures of the most respected of presidents and leaders? Knowing that it is impossible for them to be worshipped? And what is the ruling if your boss at work forces you to put them in your office, and you fear being fired from your job?

Answer:
This is not permissible. This is with the people of one nation. What is the difference between this and the people of one nation? And they say that it is impossible for it to lead to worship. This is a mistake. That is, this does not recognize what people are currently doing regarding their attachment to pictures, shrines, and graves. It has not become impossible. And secondly, even if we assume it is impossible as they say, one does not look at the present time; one looks to the future. Because the stars, after they see these pictures, will say: What did the scholars and people know except that if there was a law, it was because the law of the scholars in their time, yes.