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How to Deface Statues

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: How is a statue defaced? Is it sufficient to deface only the face?

Answer:
Remove its head; deface it by removing its head. Likewise, a hanging photograph must either be defaced by removing its head, or it must be thrown away and trampled. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم جرى الأمر على السداد والاستقامة والأمة واحدة والدين واحد والمعبود واحد — islamhouse.com (48:54)

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