Depicting Scenes of the Day of Resurrection for the Purpose of Da'wah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, what concerns image-making. Is it permissible to depict certain images of the Day of Resurrection?
Answer:
No, this is something some of the youth do, and some in the name of calling to Allah. They say they depict the Fire, they depict Paradise, and they depict the rivers. This is not permissible. This is from the knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Is this kind of frivolity permissible? No. Calling to Allah is not done in this way. Calling to Allah is done through the Book and the Sunnah, through encouragement and warning, and through explanation. Yes.
They dig a grave and say this is for calling to Allah and for reminding people. Remind them with the Qur'an, my brother. Remind them with the Qur'an. The one who fears the warning but does not remember through the Qur'an does not remember through a hole. A hole for him? This is an affectation for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, what concerns image-making. Is it permissible to depict certain images of the Day of Resurrection?
Answer:
No, this is something some of the youth do, and some in the name of calling to Allah. They say they depict the Fire, they depict Paradise, and they depict the rivers. This is not permissible. This is from the knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Is this kind of frivolity permissible? No. Calling to Allah is not done in this way. Calling to Allah is done through the Book and the Sunnah, through encouragement and warning, and through explanation. Yes.
They dig a grave and say this is for calling to Allah and for reminding people. Remind them with the Qur'an, my brother. Remind them with the Qur'an. The one who fears the warning but does not remember through the Qur'an does not remember through a hole. A hole for him? This is an affectation for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السترة أمام المصلي وحكم المرور دونها — islamhouse.com (54:07)
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