Placing Images When Teaching Qur'anic and Prophetic Parables
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on placing images when teaching Qur'anic or Prophetic parables, and it is not necessary that they be images of living beings?
Answer:
There is no need for this. The Muslims, from the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), learned without images and without anything to explain the words to them. They were Arabs who heard the words and understood the meaning of the language, and there is no need for these images. To think that one does not understand unless an image is placed before him is dullness. The Arab, if he hears the words of the Arabs, understands them without an image. Yes.
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on placing images when teaching Qur'anic or Prophetic parables, and it is not necessary that they be images of living beings?
Answer:
There is no need for this. The Muslims, from the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), learned without images and without anything to explain the words to them. They were Arabs who heard the words and understood the meaning of the language, and there is no need for these images. To think that one does not understand unless an image is placed before him is dullness. The Arab, if he hears the words of the Arabs, understands them without an image. Yes.
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، باب التغرب في الفتنة — islamhouse.com (1:05:58)
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