A statement by Abu Malik regarding the ruling on keeping carpets that contain images

The Shaykh: [Regarding] the worship of idols, which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) bestowed upon His believing servants when He sent to them the noble Messenger, saving them from the worship of idols. So if the cross is cut off, we should attach to it the cutting off of the image. But I say, and this is also from the perspective of deriving rulings, if cutting off the image or the cross results in damaging the cloth or the carpet in a way that harms the material or the money, then in that case, one should keep it until the effect of this image or that cross is removed. And this is where my opinion ends.

The questioner: Yesterday, glory be to Allah, I was visiting one of the brothers, and he mentioned to me that he bought a carpet

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: that this carpet has a beautiful image, an image of an animal or a bird, and this carpet is expensive

The Shaykh : is it
Abu Malik: Yes, it is from very fine carpets. So he said to me: What is your opinion about placing it? Because I asked some of the people of knowledge, and they issued a ruling for me that it is permissible if the image is degraded

The Shaykh: Degraded, yes
Abu Malik: So I mentioned to him two things. The first thing, I said to him that what they say has no chain of narration and no evidence for it, neither from the Book nor from the Sunnah. And therefore, degrading the image is not achieved even if you place it on the ground and it is trampled by feet, for it remains an image. The second thing is that it is obligatory for you to return this carpet to the merchant from whom you bought the carpet

The Shaykh : is it
Abu Malik: and take another carpet or get your money back. He said, "Even if I am willing, if the matter is so, I am willing even if there is a deduction

The Shaykh: from the price
Abu Malik: from the price. I said to him, this is what is obligatory for you, this matter that you should do

The Shaykh: You have done well
Abu Malik: So here, something comes to my mind, and we are, of course, in a noble house, and we are in the house of the brothers, which we hope are houses of obedience, if Allah wills

The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
Abu Malik: And the matter, as they say, has many threads, and the Muslim, I mean, the Muslims must be sincere with one another, and their sincerity should be aimed at rectifying their affairs, and this rectification should be as close as possible to the methodology of the Prophethood that we learned from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)

The Shaykh: (peace and blessings be upon him)
Abu Malik: So what I see here, incidentally, is that you should also tell the brothers about these images that are in the house, what do they do with them?

The Shaykh : Hehehe.
Abu Malik: Heh

The Shaykh: Heh, on the condition that you agree that there is no haste in the matter, heh
Abu Malik: Heh, yes, in any case, but it is clarification, because it is not permissible, as you know

The Shaykh : Hehehe.

The questioner: to delay clarification from the time of need, and the need is present, so clarification is necessary

Another questioner: The clarification has preceded

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh: No, professor, does he want something else? But what is your opinion about, if it were not for the hadith
Abu Malik: Ah, ah, I do not know this

The Shaykh : Hehehe.
Abu Malik: But, praise be to Allah, you see there is good in the brothers, praise be to Allah

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
Abu Malik: Incidentally, these are the people of al-Samad, these are considered to be of the noble class, yes

The Shaykh: If you touch, it is a new excuse for you, heh

The questioner: Heh
Abu Malik: Yes

The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good, heh

The questioner: And therefore, I mention the nobles

The Shaykh: Ah, a brother who has not previously

The questioner: by the order of the master of masters

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.

The questioner: (peace and blessings be upon him)

The Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good. The truth is, I feel as if I see, for two reasons, that this noble brother whom we surprised and who was pleased by our presence, that this is an opportunity not to be missed, ah
Abu Malik: Yes, by Allah, and especially since this brother has not previously knownThe Shaykh : Nasser hears about it, or perhaps he hears something aboutThe Shaykh : Nasser was preventing him from meetingThe Shaykh : Nasser

The Shaykh: Allah knows best. The important thing is that I want to say that these brothers whom you informed us about their nobility, these are guaranteed, that we will gather with them, heh
Abu Malik: Heh, if Allah wills

The Shaykh: Whether they rejected us or accepted us, heh

The questioner : Hehe.

The Shaykh: As for the brother here, perhaps he is on a journey

The questioner : Yes, that is correct.

The Shaykh: So it is a catch soon, meaning
Abu Malik: Yes, a catch, and a valuable catch, an American catch

The Shaykh: Yes, American, and this is rare today

Another questioner : Peace be upon you

The Shaykh: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Welcome, unless our companion whose name is like the name of Abu, may Allah have mercy on him, Noah, that he has run out of his questions, in which case I can then proceed to complete the topic proposed by the brother Abu Malik

The questioner: Three questions remaining

The Shaykh: Three questions, what Allah willed, you took up the whole session

The questioner: One of them is on the same topic as the question