The Ruling on Statues Made in the Shape of Animals

Question:
Or rather, its ruling. Some statues that are in the shape of toys for children. Okay. Some of them are made of plastic, copper, or wood. Some of them are in the shape of a doll, a bird, an animal, or something similar. The complete ones, which have

Answer:
the image complete with its head, limbs, and face, these are not permissible; because they are forbidden images and forbidden statues. But if these statues do not have heads, or if the face is defaced, there is no harm in that; because the prohibition has been removed from them, even if the image in the face was complete. So if the face is defaced or the head is cut off, then this image becomes defaced. Do not leave an image without defacing it. Defacing the image is done by removing its head, or by defacing its face so that its face does not appear with its features and shape. That is, if it is defaced, then that removes the prohibition from the image.