Is it permissible for a science teacher, while explaining the curriculum for the intermediate stage, to use small and medium-sized models of animals and birds?
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The questioner : Is it permissible? This questioner is asking whether it is permissible for a science teacher to explain the curriculum in the intermediate stage using small and medium-sized models of animals and birds made of strong plastic that resemble statues, or to use models of the human body in its entirety, including the head.
The Shaykh : Yes. This is forbidden for him; it is not permissible because there is no necessity for it. He can describe the animal verbally, or he can break it down into parts, making the head alone, the body alone, and the hands and legs alone. There is no necessity for him to bring in three-dimensional images. I fear that Allah will remove the blessing from his knowledge if he brings in these images, because the angels do not enter a house in which there is an image.
And I hope our brothers will not be lax regarding images. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to his house one day and found images in it, so he did not enter, peace and blessings be upon him, until they were removed and used in a permissible manner. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes. This is forbidden for him; it is not permissible because there is no necessity for it. He can describe the animal verbally, or he can break it down into parts, making the head alone, the body alone, and the hands and legs alone. There is no necessity for him to bring in three-dimensional images. I fear that Allah will remove the blessing from his knowledge if he brings in these images, because the angels do not enter a house in which there is an image.
And I hope our brothers will not be lax regarding images. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to his house one day and found images in it, so he did not enter, peace and blessings be upon him, until they were removed and used in a permissible manner. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh.
