What is the ruling on hanging a plaque that reads "Paradise is under the feet of mothers" and has two birds with wings depicted on it?
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The questioner : ... The Shaykh begins by inquiring with you about hanging a plaque that reads "Paradise is under the feet of mothers" and has two birds with wings on it?
Another questioner: By Allah, this is something that only Abu 'Abdullah realized, may Allah reward you with good. He said... this is not permissible... remove the birds, oh... we want to erase them, meaning... .
The Shaykh : ... This contains two sins... The first sin is the two images. The sin is that this hadith is famous among people: "Paradise is under the feet of mothers". Everyone who reads the plaque, what do they say? That the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this... But it is famous among people that this is a hadith... And how do people know that this is an incorrect hadith? Even if you did not place it on a plaque, and even if it did not have these two images, it would mislead people into thinking 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 phrase is an error because it misleads people into thinking that this is from the speech of the Messenger (peace be upon him), and it has not been established that it is from the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)... .
The questioner : ... The plaques... .
The Shaykh : This is from one side. From another side, there is a second sin in this plaque, and its sister is like this. What is in this one? "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone, without partner. There is no god but Allah, the King, the Truth, the Manifest." He said, Allah the Exalted said:[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 and blessings be upon him) said: What is the clay? Or did he not order us to do what? The important thing is I am not remembering the hadith now, and it is mentioned in the etiquettes of the wedding: . It is necessary that the wall remains in its natural state because this is from extravagance, which is what is prohibited. This is the first violation. The second thing, regarding the window, there is no objection, but the objection is the addition, of course, which is extravagance and wasting money. The second bad thing is that it is not permissible to decorate the walls with verses, because the noble verses were revealed... .
Another questioner: By Allah, this is something that only Abu 'Abdullah realized, may Allah reward you with good. He said... this is not permissible... remove the birds, oh... we want to erase them, meaning... .
The Shaykh : ... This contains two sins... The first sin is the two images. The sin is that this hadith is famous among people: "Paradise is under the feet of mothers". Everyone who reads the plaque, what do they say? That the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this... But it is famous among people that this is a hadith... And how do people know that this is an incorrect hadith? Even if you did not place it on a plaque, and even if it did not have these two images, it would mislead people into thinking 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 phrase is an error because it misleads people into thinking that this is from the speech of the Messenger (peace be upon him), and it has not been established that it is from the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)... .
The questioner : ... The plaques... .
The Shaykh : This is from one side. From another side, there is a second sin in this plaque, and its sister is like this. What is in this one? "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone, without partner. There is no god but Allah, the King, the Truth, the Manifest." He said, Allah the Exalted said: