The ruling on drawing the Palestinian flag on the faces and hands of children
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: Recently, in response to the Palestinian situation, children and young people have started drawing the Palestinian flag on their faces and hands. Is this action permissible?
Answer:
Image-making is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade image-making and cursed the image-makers, informing them that they will be the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection. Therefore, it is not permissible to engage in image-making, and it is one of the major sins. Whoever wants to help the Palestinians and the needy without image-making—since their condition is known, their poverty is known, and the fact that the Jews have wronged them is known—should help them without image-making. He should mention their condition and explain to the wealthy the state of these people and what is happening to them, without image-making. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: Recently, in response to the Palestinian situation, children and young people have started drawing the Palestinian flag on their faces and hands. Is this action permissible?
Answer:
Image-making is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade image-making and cursed the image-makers, informing them that they will be the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection. Therefore, it is not permissible to engage in image-making, and it is one of the major sins. Whoever wants to help the Palestinians and the needy without image-making—since their condition is known, their poverty is known, and the fact that the Jews have wronged them is known—should help them without image-making. He should mention their condition and explain to the wealthy the state of these people and what is happening to them, without image-making. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الجامع : باب الأدب — islamhouse.com (31:38)
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