Is keeping stuffed animals among the forbidden images?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah forgive you, is keeping stuffed animals included in the prohibited image-making?
The Shaykh : Keeping stuffed animals is not among the prohibited image-making, because you are only taking what Allah created, and are they not among Allah’s creations? However, the matter remains to be considered: if it is from what is not eaten, it is impure and it is not permissible to keep it. And if it is from what is eaten but was not slaughtered according to the Islamic method of slaughter, it is also impure and it is not permissible to keep it. Do you understand? But if it is from what is eaten and you slaughtered it properly and then stuffed it, there is no harm.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm. But you know that if a lot of money is spent on it, this is a waste of money. Yes, ask.
The Shaykh : Keeping stuffed animals is not among the prohibited image-making, because you are only taking what Allah created, and are they not among Allah’s creations? However, the matter remains to be considered: if it is from what is not eaten, it is impure and it is not permissible to keep it. And if it is from what is eaten but was not slaughtered according to the Islamic method of slaughter, it is also impure and it is not permissible to keep it. Do you understand? But if it is from what is eaten and you slaughtered it properly and then stuffed it, there is no harm.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm. But you know that if a lot of money is spent on it, this is a waste of money. Yes, ask.