The Ruling on Interpreting the Qur'an with Drawings and Mind Maps
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The questioner:
And this is a questioner who says: One of those influenced by the technique of the mind map
The Shaykh:
The map.
The questioner:
The drawings, these tables, and the like, the trees, the illustrative drawings, the mind map.
The Shaykh:
Mind map. Yes, I do not know these maps. What are these?
The questioner:
It is an encouragement for some information, a division of it, and a mention of it, along with placing some pictures, colors, signs, and symbols. It is an illustrative drawing that gathers what is scattered on screens.
The Shaykh:
To the functional drawing, the map is not built. Yes.
The questioner:
What is in the question. He says: By interpreting Surat Yunus (peace be upon him) with falsehood, she said: When Allah the Exalted said[Yunus 10:2], she drew a foot, and when He said [As-Sajdah 32:4], she drew a footstool, and she used the entire surah for visions.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to interpret the Qur'an with such drawings. That is, according to your understanding, you imagine a foot; you do not understand a foot except as a human foot, so you imagine it. The verse does not intend this. You are interpreting the Qur'an with other than its interpretation and speaking about Allah without knowledge. So do not draw pictures as an interpretation of the Qur'an. The scholars have condemned this. Al-Tantawi, a well-known Egyptian, interprets the Qur'an and places pictures for the meanings of the verses. This is not permissible.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And this is a questioner who says: One of those influenced by the technique of the mind map
The Shaykh:
The map.
The questioner:
The drawings, these tables, and the like, the trees, the illustrative drawings, the mind map.
The Shaykh:
Mind map. Yes, I do not know these maps. What are these?
The questioner:
It is an encouragement for some information, a division of it, and a mention of it, along with placing some pictures, colors, signs, and symbols. It is an illustrative drawing that gathers what is scattered on screens.
The Shaykh:
To the functional drawing, the map is not built. Yes.
The questioner:
What is in the question. He says: By interpreting Surat Yunus (peace be upon him) with falsehood, she said: When Allah the Exalted said
a [firm] precedence of honor
أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍthen He established Himself above the Throne
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِThe Shaykh:
It is not permissible to interpret the Qur'an with such drawings. That is, according to your understanding, you imagine a foot; you do not understand a foot except as a human foot, so you imagine it. The verse does not intend this. You are interpreting the Qur'an with other than its interpretation and speaking about Allah without knowledge. So do not draw pictures as an interpretation of the Qur'an. The scholars have condemned this. Al-Tantawi, a well-known Egyptian, interprets the Qur'an and places pictures for the meanings of the verses. This is not permissible.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح نواقض الإسلام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من الناقض الخامس : من أبغض شيئًا مما جاء به الرسول - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ولو عمل به؛ كفر — islamhouse.com (24:43)
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