What is your opinion regarding the poster that depicts the Sirat, the scales, Paradise, and the Fire, which is then hung in the mosques?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion regarding the poster that contains drawings indicating matters of the Hereafter, including a drawing of the grave, the Sirat, the scales, Paradise, and the Fire, which is then hung in the mosques on the claim that it reminds people, and some scholars approve of it?
Answer:
This is wrong; this is among the wrong things. Matters of the Hereafter are matters of the unseen that are depicted on paper and drawn with a pen. This is a claim of knowledge of the unseen, and among the matters of the unseen that no one knows except Allah the Exalted. It is obligatory to tear up this paper and advise the one who makes it and promotes it. The one whom the Qur'an does not admonish—Allah the Glorious and Exalted says:[Qaf 50:45] The one whom the Qur'an does not admonish, nor do the warnings admonish him, but he is only admonished when you bring him a paper drawn with things, meaning depicting matters of the Hereafter and matters of the unseen. This is speaking about Allah without knowledge, and it is tampering, tampering with matters of religion. This is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion regarding the poster that contains drawings indicating matters of the Hereafter, including a drawing of the grave, the Sirat, the scales, Paradise, and the Fire, which is then hung in the mosques on the claim that it reminds people, and some scholars approve of it?
Answer:
This is wrong; this is among the wrong things. Matters of the Hereafter are matters of the unseen that are depicted on paper and drawn with a pen. This is a claim of knowledge of the unseen, and among the matters of the unseen that no one knows except Allah the Exalted. It is obligatory to tear up this paper and advise the one who makes it and promotes it. The one whom the Qur'an does not admonish—Allah the Glorious and Exalted says:
But remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat.
فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [585 -1024] ما رأيكم في الصحيفة التي يرسم فيها رسم للصراط والميزان والجنة والنار ثم تعلق في المساجد؟ — youtube.com
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