Placing boxes with pictures on them in shops and pharmacies
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some shops and pharmacies place boxes with pictures on them on the shelves, and some of these pictures are of women. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
If their intention is the pictures, and that is what they aim for, then it is forbidden. But if their intention is the goods they are selling, then if they are selling them as pictures, that is not permissible. If their intention is to sell them as goods and not as pictures, then there is no harm.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some shops and pharmacies place boxes with pictures on them on the shelves, and some of these pictures are of women. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
If their intention is the pictures, and that is what they aim for, then it is forbidden. But if their intention is the goods they are selling, then if they are selling them as pictures, that is not permissible. If their intention is to sell them as goods and not as pictures, then there is no harm.
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 (1:04:41)
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