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What is the ruling on hanging a plaque that reads: (Paradise is under the feet of mothers), and which has two birds with wings on it?

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The questioner : ... The questioner is asking you about hanging a plaque that reads:
Paradise is under the feet of mothers الجنة تحت أقدام الأمهات
and has two birds with wings on it?

Another questioner : By Allah, this is something we did not realize until Abu 'Abdullah, may Allah reward him with good, said: "O father, this is not permissible. O ... cover up the birds. O ... you are going to put it up; so we want to cover them up."

The Shaykh : No, you are going to put it up. This contains two sins. -- Thank you, may Allah reward you with good -- The first sin is the two images. The second sin is that this is a famous saying among people:
Paradise is under the feet of mothers الجنة تحت أقدام الأمهات
. So what comes to the mind of everyone who reads the plaque? That the Messenger of Allah ... the Messenger of Allah said this. But it is famous among people that this is a hadith, and it is not famous among people that this is an inauthentic hadith. And when you put it on a plaque, even if these two images were not there, it gives people the impression that this is a sound hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, by this consideration, if you remove the images, keeping the sentence is still an error; because it gives people the impression that this is from the words of the Messenger (peace be upon him), and it has not been established that it is from the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

The questioner : All these plaques, these and those, they bring them from ... .

The Shaykh : This is from one aspect.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : From another angle, there are two other sins in this plaque, in its sister, this one, do you see it? What is in it? "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone, having no partner, there is no god but Allah, the King, the Truth, the Manifest." Allah the Exalted said:
Every soul will taste death كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ
[Ali 'Imran 3:185]
to the end of it. There are two sins here and there: that it is not permissible to cover the walls, or it is disliked to cover the walls; because the Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
We were not commanded ما أُمِرنا
with what?

Another questioner : Covering the walls with clothes.

The Shaykh : No, clay and what?

Another questioner : Covering ... .

The Shaykh : What were we not commanded to do? The point is, I do not remember the hadith now, and it is mentioned in "Adab al-Zafaf" (Etiquette of the Wedding);
We were not commanded to cover stones and clay ما أُمِرنا بستر الحجارة والطين
, do you see? The wall should remain in its natural state; because this is from the extravagance that is forbidden. This is the first violation. The second thing, regarding the window, there is no objection, but the objection is the addition, naturally, it is extravagance and wasting money. The second thing is that it is not permissible to decorate the walls with verses; because the noble verses were revealed ... .
Source www.al-albany.com

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