Issue: If a cross and images are found in sandals or in the diapers of young children, is that permissible or not?

The Shaykh : He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "If it is for the toilet and ablution" meaning that there is no harm in it, because it is a form of humiliation. Is it the same if we find a cross in sandals, or if we find a cross in the diapers of children? Do you know the diapers that a child wears to protect himself from being soiled by urine and feces? Do we say that there is no harm in this because it is a humiliation? This can be accepted, because this is a humiliation of the cross, and what greater humiliation is there than it being a place for filth? Likewise, it is said regarding images: some diapers contain images, either just an image or an image of a great figure. Do we say that using them in that way is permissible because it is a humiliation, and it is a greater humiliation than what is stepped on? Or do we say that the humiliation of what is stepped on is apparent, while this is what? It is not apparent, because this is under the clothes. So, is there a distinction based on this difference? It appears that it falls under the category of humiliation, even if it is not visibly apparent. Yes. However, if it were written that Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, holds the view that if something containing imitation of the disbelievers is used in a way that constitutes humiliation, then there is no harm in it. But suppose they use this type of footwear for the toilet and ablution, what then? We do not do that; we do not do that. But if they wear the sandals for adornment, beautification, protecting the foot, and the like, and we use them in the opposite of what they use them for, in a way that involves humiliation, then the words of Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, indicate that there is no harm in it. Yes.