Is it permissible to sleep on a bedspread with a picture of a peacock, and is it permissible to pray in clothes with pictures of living beings?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. He says: I sleep on a bedspread that has a picture like a picture of a peacock. Is that permissible or not? And are clothes with pictures of living beings permissible to pray in, or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As for sleeping on a bedspread that has pictures, or sitting on it, there is nothing wrong with it; because they are degraded, as these pictures are degraded, being stepped on, sat upon, and slept upon, so they are degraded and have no ruling. As for praying in a place where pictures are hung on the wall facing the one who prays, this is disliked. It is disliked to pray facing a picture in front of the one who prays, because of the resemblance to the pillars of idols in that. So praying is disliked, or forbidden, if it is like that. Generally, a place where pictures are hung, praying in it is disliked, even if they are not in the qiblah of the one who prays.
As for praying on a bedspread that has pictures, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked praying in the injaniyyah, meaning the garment that has emblems, lines, and patterns. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): because it distracted him from his prayer. So praying on a garment or bedspread that has pictures, this prayer is disliked, because these pictures and these patterns, even though they are degraded, they occupy the one who prays from his prayer. As for wearing clothes that have pictures, this is forbidden. It is not permissible to wear clothes that have them, because this involves carrying the picture and using the picture in his garment. And this is mostly used for advertising a person or a player or something similar, or a singer. Or the disbelievers want to trick the Muslims into carrying pictures, and it becomes a plot from the enemies. So the result is that it is not permissible to wear a garment that has
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. He says: I sleep on a bedspread that has a picture like a picture of a peacock. Is that permissible or not? And are clothes with pictures of living beings permissible to pray in, or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As for sleeping on a bedspread that has pictures, or sitting on it, there is nothing wrong with it; because they are degraded, as these pictures are degraded, being stepped on, sat upon, and slept upon, so they are degraded and have no ruling. As for praying in a place where pictures are hung on the wall facing the one who prays, this is disliked. It is disliked to pray facing a picture in front of the one who prays, because of the resemblance to the pillars of idols in that. So praying is disliked, or forbidden, if it is like that. Generally, a place where pictures are hung, praying in it is disliked, even if they are not in the qiblah of the one who prays.
As for praying on a bedspread that has pictures, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked praying in the injaniyyah, meaning the garment that has emblems, lines, and patterns. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): because it distracted him from his prayer. So praying on a garment or bedspread that has pictures, this prayer is disliked, because these pictures and these patterns, even though they are degraded, they occupy the one who prays from his prayer. As for wearing clothes that have pictures, this is forbidden. It is not permissible to wear clothes that have them, because this involves carrying the picture and using the picture in his garment. And this is mostly used for advertising a person or a player or something similar, or a singer. Or the disbelievers want to trick the Muslims into carrying pictures, and it becomes a plot from the enemies. So the result is that it is not permissible to wear a garment that has
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز النوم على فراش فيه صورة طاووس، وهل تجوز الصلاة بملابس عليها صور حية؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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