The Ruling on Displaying Images of Living Beings in Teaching
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), sometimes a teacher needs to display some images of living beings to help students understand. Is there a ruling on this?
Answer:
My brother, we follow the path of our scholars and the Salaf (the earliest generations). They taught and studied various sciences without using images, and they are more knowledgeable than us. The students of the past were better than the students of today, and understanding exists without these things. Images are forbidden; images are forbidden, and the one who makes them is cursed. It is not permissible to possess them, nor to trade in them, except for what is necessary for the preservation of the soul, such as passports and identity cards, because people are most in need of these, and they cannot attain their interests unless they have them with them. Necessity has its own ruling. However, using them in any other case is not permissible; rather, it is obligatory to destroy images and not possess them, except for the necessary images I mentioned to you. Education has continued from the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) until close to this era, and they did not use images or image-makers because they knew that this is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
He says: Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), sometimes a teacher needs to display some images of living beings to help students understand. Is there a ruling on this?
Answer:
My brother, we follow the path of our scholars and the Salaf (the earliest generations). They taught and studied various sciences without using images, and they are more knowledgeable than us. The students of the past were better than the students of today, and understanding exists without these things. Images are forbidden; images are forbidden, and the one who makes them is cursed. It is not permissible to possess them, nor to trade in them, except for what is necessary for the preservation of the soul, such as passports and identity cards, because people are most in need of these, and they cannot attain their interests unless they have them with them. Necessity has its own ruling. However, using them in any other case is not permissible; rather, it is obligatory to destroy images and not possess them, except for the necessary images I mentioned to you. Education has continued from the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) until close to this era, and they did not use images or image-makers because they knew that this is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-02-مفتاح السعادة في الدنيا والآخرة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (47:20)
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