What is the ruling on dressing children in clothes that contain images?
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The questioner : The questioner says: Some people, may Allah guide them, dress their children in clothes that have images of animals.
The Shaykh : By dressing them, by dressing them.
The questioner : They dress their children in clothes that have images of animals. And some of them say, "We have not heard a fatwa forbidding images in clothing. Is this correct?"
The Shaykh : As for them not having heard a fatwa, I do not know. They may not have heard it. But the fatwa is that it is not permissible to dress boys in anything that has an image, except for the diaper. Do you know what a diaper is? What is it? Come, may Allah bless you. You said yes. Inform us about it.
The questioner : Children wear them, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Come, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : On the basis that they use them to protect themselves from urine and feces.
The Shaykh : Okay, meaning it is not wrapped around the boy's private parts to guard against urine and feces. This is the diaper. This, even if it has images, there is nothing wrong with it because it is treated with contempt. So, greater than treating it with contempt is for a person to step on it or sit on it. And images, if they are treated with contempt, like those that are stepped on or leaned upon, there is nothing wrong with them. And leaving them is better, but they are not forbidden. Likewise, there is nothing wrong with a small child wearing a diaper. But as for wearing a shirt or trousers, it is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : By dressing them, by dressing them.
The questioner : They dress their children in clothes that have images of animals. And some of them say, "We have not heard a fatwa forbidding images in clothing. Is this correct?"
The Shaykh : As for them not having heard a fatwa, I do not know. They may not have heard it. But the fatwa is that it is not permissible to dress boys in anything that has an image, except for the diaper. Do you know what a diaper is? What is it? Come, may Allah bless you. You said yes. Inform us about it.
The questioner : Children wear them, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Come, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : On the basis that they use them to protect themselves from urine and feces.
The Shaykh : Okay, meaning it is not wrapped around the boy's private parts to guard against urine and feces. This is the diaper. This, even if it has images, there is nothing wrong with it because it is treated with contempt. So, greater than treating it with contempt is for a person to step on it or sit on it. And images, if they are treated with contempt, like those that are stepped on or leaned upon, there is nothing wrong with them. And leaving them is better, but they are not forbidden. Likewise, there is nothing wrong with a small child wearing a diaper. But as for wearing a shirt or trousers, it is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.