The obligation regarding an image attributed to the Prophet in a school textbook
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I am a teacher who teaches in a school, and a social studies textbook was presented to us to teach the students from. I was surprised to find an image that is claimed to be of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He says: What is my obligation in this case?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He says: I am a teacher who teaches in a school, and a social studies textbook was presented to me.
The Shaykh:
In our country.
The questioner:
He did not mention anything.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
A social studies textbook to teach from, and I was surprised to find an image that is claimed to be of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So what is my obligation in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Your obligation is to denounce it, because this is a disparagement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I am a teacher who teaches in a school, and a social studies textbook was presented to us to teach the students from. I was surprised to find an image that is claimed to be of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He says: What is my obligation in this case?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He says: I am a teacher who teaches in a school, and a social studies textbook was presented to me.
The Shaykh:
In our country.
The questioner:
He did not mention anything.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
A social studies textbook to teach from, and I was surprised to find an image that is claimed to be of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So what is my obligation in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Your obligation is to denounce it, because this is a disparagement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أسباب عبادة الأصنام : الغلو في المخلوق وإعطاؤه فوق منزلته — islamhouse.com (57:04)
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