The Book of Friday Prayer, the Two Festivals, the Prayer for Rain, the Eclipse Prayer, and Funerals-10a

The reciter: And Abu Bakr ibn Khalad al-Bahili narrated to me, saying: Yahya, and he is al-Qattan, narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, saying: Habib narrated to me with this chain of narration, and he said:

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Leveling the grave: This means that it should not be elevated, nor higher than others, nor distinguished from others by anything, because that leads to its exaltation. It may happen that people who do not know the reason for its fame over others, due to elevation or coloring or the like, and when time passes, it may be taken as an object of excess. For this reason, we say: Elevation sometimes occurs by the grave itself, by raising its soil or by the mounds that are placed on the edge of the grave, or by placing it in an eye-catching form through coloring or otherwise. All of this is considered an elevated grave.
As for his saying: "And there is no statue except that I would erase it," and the second narration: "And there is no image except that I would erase it": The two narrations differ, and it is possible to say that they can be combined. The statue is erased, and the image is also erased. As for the statue, it is erased by breaking the features of the body in it, such as breaking the nose, breaking the hand, and the like, until it is no longer a statue. As for the colored image, its erasure is apparent, meaning its erasure is clear, and that is by placing another color over it to erase it until it is hidden. If you compare this with that, you will know that what is intended is what is feared to be a trial, since he linked this issue with the elevated grave. As for what is not feared to be a trial, its prohibition is from another aspect, which is that the angels do not enter a house in which there is an image. However, what is necessitated by need in our present time, such as an image for identity verification and the like, we hope that there is no harm in it, because Allah the Exalted said: . If it is necessary for a car driver to carry such a thing, or if it is necessary for one who wants to prove something, such as buying a high-priced item or the like, to carry that card, then we hope that there is no harm in that. However, some cards, many cards, do not have the complete image. Some scholars have held that if the image is not complete such that life does not settle in the remaining part of it, then it is not considered an image, and it is permissible. They cited as evidence for this the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): . A part of the body in which the spirit does not settle. Some scholars say no; if the part is the lower part, then yes, such as depicting from below the navel to the foot, there is no harm, because this is like a tree. But if it is the upper part of the body, then it is not permissible because it is like a sitting man. The hadith is: . In any case, now the affliction has spread and overflowed in the issue of images, until it became in everything, until it was said that it is in clothes, in vessels, in diapers, and in bedding as cover and as a mat. It has spread and overflowed, may Allah grant us safety. But the majority of scholars are of the opinion that what is made in a way of humiliation is permissible, such as bedding, pillows, and the like. Among this are what appear to be children's diapers that cover the front or the back; if something dirty comes out, it is in them. If this is humiliation, and it may be said that it is not apparent humiliation, and it is closer to clothing, because the humiliation of bedding is apparent, but the closest view is that it is humiliation without a doubt.

The questioner : ... they put images in them, saying we want to encourage people with these images ...