Is it permissible to hang pictures of inanimate objects in the house?
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The questioner : Regarding hanging certain pictures, such as: Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock, meaning in the houses, is this permissible, our teacher?
The Shaykh : If the intention of the question is that they have the ruling of pictures of living beings, the answer is: they do not. But if the intention is in a general sense, we say: this is disliked, because it falls under the category of adornments and decorations that Islam does not encourage using, especially if the thing hung contains something that the Shari'ah does not approve of. Here you have a very important point, meaning that the Dome of the Rock contains a rock; it is an error to believe in it having a specific sanctity or specific virtue. On the contrary, this is an error that Islam does not approve of. So when a picture is placed in the house in a place that makes one feel and implies that the one who placed it supports the sanctity of what he placed the picture of on his wall, there is no doubt that this is an error within an error. This is regarding the rock. When we leave the rock and move to the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), for example, if we hung the picture, the same thing is said: building the mosque in this manner is not prescribed. So your hanging of it implies or makes one feel that you approve of this matter that exists in this picture, and so on. One should avoid these pictures.
A man from the audience: There is something else, my teacher, that these pictures, of course, the Dome of the Rock, you see with the picture about four or five churches in the same picture, and sometimes not.
The Shaykh : This is another matter.
The questioner : Okay, is this permissible, my teacher? ... ..
The Shaykh : What you have known in the answer is sufficient. If there are churches and crosses, the matter is more dangerous.
The Shaykh : If the intention of the question is that they have the ruling of pictures of living beings, the answer is: they do not. But if the intention is in a general sense, we say: this is disliked, because it falls under the category of adornments and decorations that Islam does not encourage using, especially if the thing hung contains something that the Shari'ah does not approve of. Here you have a very important point, meaning that the Dome of the Rock contains a rock; it is an error to believe in it having a specific sanctity or specific virtue. On the contrary, this is an error that Islam does not approve of. So when a picture is placed in the house in a place that makes one feel and implies that the one who placed it supports the sanctity of what he placed the picture of on his wall, there is no doubt that this is an error within an error. This is regarding the rock. When we leave the rock and move to the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), for example, if we hung the picture, the same thing is said: building the mosque in this manner is not prescribed. So your hanging of it implies or makes one feel that you approve of this matter that exists in this picture, and so on. One should avoid these pictures.
A man from the audience: There is something else, my teacher, that these pictures, of course, the Dome of the Rock, you see with the picture about four or five churches in the same picture, and sometimes not.
The Shaykh : This is another matter.
The questioner : Okay, is this permissible, my teacher? ... ..
The Shaykh : What you have known in the answer is sufficient. If there are churches and crosses, the matter is more dangerous.
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