The Ruling on Pictures Hung on Walls
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His Eminence the Shaykh: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not enter Aisha’s room when he found pictures on the curtains until they were cut and made into a cushion. Should I follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in this if I enter any place, shop, or house?
There is no doubt that following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is what Allah has commanded,And he said: [Al-Ahzab: 21] .
So if you enter a house and find that pictures have been hung in it, turn back and do not enter, unless you can speak to the owner of the house to have them removed. In that case, you order him or ask him to remove them, and then you enter;Because there are two benefits in that: The first: removing what is wrong.
The second: Completing your response to the invitation.
As for if you know that he will not accept it from you and will not remove these pictures, then there is no doubt that the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so do not enter. Likewise, what is found of family pictures, or pictures of the head of the family, or pictures of the king, or pictures of the prince, or pictures of the minister, or the like of what is found hung in frames, you do not enter as long as this thing is hung until it is removed.
There is no doubt that following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is what Allah has commanded,And he said:
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.
لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيراًSo if you enter a house and find that pictures have been hung in it, turn back and do not enter, unless you can speak to the owner of the house to have them removed. In that case, you order him or ask him to remove them, and then you enter;Because there are two benefits in that: The first: removing what is wrong.
The second: Completing your response to the invitation.
As for if you know that he will not accept it from you and will not remove these pictures, then there is no doubt that the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so do not enter. Likewise, what is found of family pictures, or pictures of the head of the family, or pictures of the king, or pictures of the prince, or pictures of the minister, or the like of what is found hung in frames, you do not enter as long as this thing is hung until it is removed.