What is the ruling on using images of animals in teaching children the letters of the alphabet?
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The questioner : Regarding, O Shaykh, may Allah honor you, images of animals for teaching children the beginning of the letters of the alphabet, it is a board with images of some animals, where each animal has the beginning of a letter beneath it.
The Shaykh : For example, for the letter Jim, they place a camel.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For the letter Jim, they place a camel.
The questioner : Yes, this is it.
The Shaykh : For the letter Kha, they place a sheep.
The questioner : An image like this, and this letter, yes, and it has a benefit for teaching the young ones, so I do not know the ruling, although it would be a degradation.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in showing these letters to the students, on the condition that their heads are cut off, so that they become camels without heads, yes.
The Shaykh : For example, for the letter Jim, they place a camel.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For the letter Jim, they place a camel.
The questioner : Yes, this is it.
The Shaykh : For the letter Kha, they place a sheep.
The questioner : An image like this, and this letter, yes, and it has a benefit for teaching the young ones, so I do not know the ruling, although it would be a degradation.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in showing these letters to the students, on the condition that their heads are cut off, so that they become camels without heads, yes.