The Ruling on Excavating and Extracting Pharaonic Statues
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from Egypt says: As for the people among us who excavate Pharaonic antiquities and search for statues and idols made of gold, is it permissible for them to do such a thing and extract these statues?
Answer:
It is not permissible for them to do this; this leads to what is prohibited and to... Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from Egypt says: As for the people among us who excavate Pharaonic antiquities and search for statues and idols made of gold, is it permissible for them to do such a thing and extract these statues?
Answer:
It is not permissible for them to do this; this leads to what is prohibited and to... Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أعظم مكايده التي كاد بها أكثر الناس — islamhouse.com (59:14)
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