Is it permissible to keep the idols of the Pharaohs?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to keep the idols of the Pharaohs and make them a place of visitation for people?

Answer:
They are what was worshipped, they are what was worshipped. Also, they have existed since ancient times, and they are for a lesson, for a lesson and a warning, like the dwellings of Thamud, which Allah preserved for a lesson and a warning. If they had that power and carved the mountains and shaped the mountain in the form of a human being, having that power and that great play, this indicates that, and yet it did not benefit them in any way and did not avert the punishment of Allah from them. So this is a matter of taking a lesson and being cautious. Their remaining is a matter of taking a lesson and being cautious, not a matter of taking pride in them or admiring them.