What is the ruling on caricature and its publication in newspapers?
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The questioner : A young man asked me by telephone today about the caricature that is sent with the newspaper. One of the workers at the Shaykh’s office made a file of fatwas about us at the institution, which is connected to the Shaykh, or they ask him, and so on. What is the rain? They put out a caricature and a picture for us. One person says, “By Allah, I dreamed that I was eating. I was eating fish, sardines, boiled, but because the sardine cans were past their expiration date, I dreamed that I was eating fish with the angels.” So I say that it is permissible to say this, “I dreamed,” and to write it in the newspaper, this statement, and I say “with the angels,” and this is not fabrication.
The Shaykh : It is a great harm.
The questioner : Yes. The season... this cartoon and these drawings themselves. Patience... he changed himself. Government. Yes. I do not see from you... it is as if this cartoon is worse because it causes confusion. Correct. Copies. This one has a short arm, a long arm, a big head, a head like this.
The Shaykh : They make the animals talk and make them do things.
The Shaykh : It is a great harm.
The questioner : Yes. The season... this cartoon and these drawings themselves. Patience... he changed himself. Government. Yes. I do not see from you... it is as if this cartoon is worse because it causes confusion. Correct. Copies. This one has a short arm, a long arm, a big head, a head like this.
The Shaykh : They make the animals talk and make them do things.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 1276 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (28:03)
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