What is the criterion for the image that must be defaced?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, could you clarify the criterion for the image that must be defaced?
The Shaykh : The image that must be defaced is any image of a human being or an animal; it is obligatory to deface only its face, and defacing the face is sufficient for the rest of its body.
As for images of trees, stones, mountains, the sun, the moon, and stars, there is nothing wrong with them, and they do not need to be defaced.
The questioner : And what about the image in licenses and permits?
The Shaykh : Leave me alone regarding the image that is necessary, such as a license.
The questioner : A drawing of two eyes and a face?
The Shaykh : Just an eye and just a face; there is nothing wrong with that, there is nothing wrong with it, because it is not an image; this is a part of it and not an image, yes.
The Shaykh : The image that must be defaced is any image of a human being or an animal; it is obligatory to deface only its face, and defacing the face is sufficient for the rest of its body.
As for images of trees, stones, mountains, the sun, the moon, and stars, there is nothing wrong with them, and they do not need to be defaced.
The questioner : And what about the image in licenses and permits?
The Shaykh : Leave me alone regarding the image that is necessary, such as a license.
The questioner : A drawing of two eyes and a face?
The Shaykh : Just an eye and just a face; there is nothing wrong with that, there is nothing wrong with it, because it is not an image; this is a part of it and not an image, yes.