The Ruling on Playing with Children’s Toys Called Dolls

The questioner : What is your opinion regarding children playing with dolls that are not displaying their adornment, ordinary, and what does “not displaying their adornment” and “without features” mean?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : There is now a type of play that is called Islamic play, meaning it does not contain an image; it is made of cotton or something similar.

The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this.

The questioner : One question.

The Shaykh : It is the same, it is the same. If it becomes just a shadow, you do not contradict [the ruling]. This is Umm Salih saying, "Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings," and I say to you, "And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings." I performed the 'Umrah last Ramadan, and as you know, there was a lot of crowding. I completed my 'Umrah, praise be to Allah, but when it came to shortening the hair, I was unable to do so until after leaving Makkah, halfway on the road from Makkah to al-Madinah. Knowing that we entered the state of ihram from Abqaiq. There is nothing wrong with that, but the best is for a person, from the time...