What is the ruling on buying things that contain images?
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The questioner : The images...?
The Shaykh : Ah, the images.
The questioner : Anything you buy that has images in it, anything...
The Shaykh : Whatever can be removed and erased, do so. And whatever cannot be removed, we return to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:286].
The questioner : Are... newspapers or...
The Shaykh : The newspaper that a person needs, which contains images, some of which are indecent, he reads from it what is permissible by the Shari'ah and what benefits him, then he throws it aside or burns it.
The Shaykh : Ah, the images.
The questioner : Anything you buy that has images in it, anything...
The Shaykh : Whatever can be removed and erased, do so. And whatever cannot be removed, we return to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لا يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعهاThe questioner : Are... newspapers or...
The Shaykh : The newspaper that a person needs, which contains images, some of which are indecent, he reads from it what is permissible by the Shari'ah and what benefits him, then he throws it aside or burns it.
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