Pictures Hanging in the Home and the Domination of Shayatins
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Question:
Is hanging pictures and having pictures in the home among the causes of Shayatins dominating the servant?
Answer:
Yes. Pictures in the home that are hung and respected, which a person takes for the sake of hobby or art, as they call it, prevent the angels from entering the house. They prevent the angels from entering the house. So if the angels are prevented, the Shayatins enter, because the angels and the Shayatins never meet. If the angels do not enter it, the Shayatins enter it. Yes. As for the necessary pictures that one keeps, not out of love for them, but out of necessity, such as a passport or an ID card that a person needs for his affairs and livelihood, these do not prevent the angels from entering the house, because he did not take them out of desire for them or love for them, but only out of necessity. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[Al-An'am 6:119] Yes. Ahm.
Is hanging pictures and having pictures in the home among the causes of Shayatins dominating the servant?
Answer:
Yes. Pictures in the home that are hung and respected, which a person takes for the sake of hobby or art, as they call it, prevent the angels from entering the house. They prevent the angels from entering the house. So if the angels are prevented, the Shayatins enter, because the angels and the Shayatins never meet. If the angels do not enter it, the Shayatins enter it. Yes. As for the necessary pictures that one keeps, not out of love for them, but out of necessity, such as a passport or an ID card that a person needs for his affairs and livelihood, these do not prevent the angels from entering the house, because he did not take them out of desire for them or love for them, but only out of necessity. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled
وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل قال - تعالى - { فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم } — islamhouse.com (54:21)
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