If the burial of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) was among the statues, is it permissible for a person to sell them and take his share from them?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If the burial of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) was among the statues, is it permissible for a person to sell them and take his share from them?
Answer:
Selling images is not permissible. Images are to be destroyed, and statues are to be destroyed and not sold, because they are idols.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If the burial of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) was among the statues, is it permissible for a person to sell them and take his share from them?
Answer:
Selling images is not permissible. Images are to be destroyed, and statues are to be destroyed and not sold, because they are idols.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [989 -3022] لو كان دفن الجاهلية من التماثيل، فهل يجوز للإنسان أن يبيعها وأن يأخذ نصيبه منها؟ — youtube.com
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