Erasing the Head of an Image or Statue
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some scholars say that the image is the head, so if the head is erased
The Shaykh:
It is the face, it is the face, it is the head. If you look at the head, you do not recognize it or know it, but if you see the face, they say the image is the face. So if the face is erased, the image is erased. But as long as the face remains, the image exists. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you, if there is a statue but its face is erased, is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if the image is erased by erasing its face, whether it is a statue or something else, there is no harm in that, because it becomes like a tree. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some scholars say that the image is the head, so if the head is erased
The Shaykh:
It is the face, it is the face, it is the head. If you look at the head, you do not recognize it or know it, but if you see the face, they say the image is the face. So if the face is erased, the image is erased. But as long as the face remains, the image exists. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you, if there is a statue but its face is erased, is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if the image is erased by erasing its face, whether it is a statue or something else, there is no harm in that, because it becomes like a tree. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حكم ما فيه صورة من الثياب والبسط والستور والنهي عن التصوير — islamhouse.com (1:03:52)
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