The Ruling on Children's Computer Games That Contain Images
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The questioner:
May Allah bless you. May Allah be with you. There are some computer games for children that contain some images, such as images of animals, car races, and others. Is this excused, or is it prohibited?
The Shaykh:
It appears that it should be read to them, and some scholars hold that they are despicable, like the dolls that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved for Aisha. Some scholars hold that there is no harm in them because they are despicable and degraded. And some scholars say no, that what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved for Aisha was before the prohibition of images, and that after the prohibition he did not approve them for Aisha.
The questioner:
These images on the device, the computer, have a tape, a tape that appears on a screen like a television screen.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is believed by his choice, and the intended meaning is papers, meaning if there are papers or something.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If the price of the salary makes the land lawful.
The questioner:
But if.
The Shaykh:
No, it is not called a photographer or an image that goes away like the image of a woman.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Of the joy in the amusements, what is elevated, yes.
The questioner:
Meaning, there is no harm in making these toys for children.
The Shaykh:
What does not harm what is known, or what does not harm what is known; because these have no permanence. Yes. As for music, no, if there is music, it is not suitable. One does not sit, if he compares a prayer in which there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), he does not sit, or the exposure of 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), he does not sit. But an image of children, or an image of chickens, or an image of something in which there is no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and does not settle, as for if there is paper or separation, it is not valid. Yes. This is what comes out except a photographer first. Yes.
May Allah bless you. May Allah be with you. There are some computer games for children that contain some images, such as images of animals, car races, and others. Is this excused, or is it prohibited?
The Shaykh:
It appears that it should be read to them, and some scholars hold that they are despicable, like the dolls that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved for Aisha. Some scholars hold that there is no harm in them because they are despicable and degraded. And some scholars say no, that what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved for Aisha was before the prohibition of images, and that after the prohibition he did not approve them for Aisha.
The questioner:
These images on the device, the computer, have a tape, a tape that appears on a screen like a television screen.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is believed by his choice, and the intended meaning is papers, meaning if there are papers or something.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If the price of the salary makes the land lawful.
The questioner:
But if.
The Shaykh:
No, it is not called a photographer or an image that goes away like the image of a woman.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Of the joy in the amusements, what is elevated, yes.
The questioner:
Meaning, there is no harm in making these toys for children.
The Shaykh:
What does not harm what is known, or what does not harm what is known; because these have no permanence. Yes. As for music, no, if there is music, it is not suitable. One does not sit, if he compares a prayer in which there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), he does not sit, or the exposure of 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), he does not sit. But an image of children, or an image of chickens, or an image of something in which there is no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and does not settle, as for if there is paper or separation, it is not valid. Yes. This is what comes out except a photographer first. Yes.
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