What is the ruling on purchasing Islamic magazines that contain many images?

Question : It is common in bookstores and commercial magazines to sell Islamic magazines that contain many images. Is it permissible to purchase them, and does their presence in the home have the same effect as hanging up images?

Answer : What appears to be the case is that they are not like the hung images, and they do not have that effect, because the intention behind these magazines is not the images contained in them, but rather the speech and benefit found within them. This is unlike image magazines that focus on the images, color them, and beautify them; it is not permissible to acquire or purchase those.