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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on drawing a garden that represents Paradise, and likewise the Fire?

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The questioner : What is the ruling on drawing a garden, for example?

The Shaykh : Wudu
The student: Drawing

The Shaykh : Drawing

The questioner : Yes, a garden that seems to represent Paradise and a fire that seems to represent the Fire, meaning?

The Shaykh : This is not permissible because we do not know the nature of it, as He the Mighty and Majestic said:
And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do. فَلا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
[As-Sajdah 32:17]
And we do not know the nature of the Fire; it is sixty times greater than the fire of this world, the entire fire of this world including the intense fire like gas fire and others, and what is more severe. Can anyone represent the Fire? No one can. Therefore, it has been stated that whoever does this commits a forbidden act. And unfortunately, people have now begun to treat the matters of the Hereafter as if they are tangible, visible things. I saw a paper written with transfers, squares, and so on: death is a square line, the grave is another square line, the Resurrection, and so on. This is as if it depicts what happens after death with lines and geometric squares. It is a great boldness, and I seek refuge in Allah. Then it is said: What makes you know that this comes after that? We know that the grave comes after the life of this world, and that the resurrection comes after the grave, but who knows the order of the details of what will happen on the Day of Resurrection, such as the Reckoning, the scales, and others? But this is boldness, great boldness. And the strange thing is that this paper is distributed, but this is among the papers currently distributed to people that are falsely attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So one must be cautious and warn against these papers. Yes, yes.

The questioner : Shaykh, now some people ... .

The Shaykh : No, the questioner, no, do not monopolize, may Allah reward you with good, there are people.
Source alathar.net

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