Are the images found in animated cartoons forbidden?
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The questioner : Is an image that has no counterpart in reality, such as the images that appear in cartoons, included among the images that are forbidden?
The Shaykh : What is its name?
The questioner : Images.
The Shaykh : That is enough.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our Shaykh, but some people say that since it has no counterpart, meaning that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) did not create anything like it, this excludes it from the prohibition.
The Shaykh : Any idol that is made, and if I may use the expression, an Arab who makes an idol.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Does it represent a person?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So, is it permissible?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Then?
The questioner : May Allah reward you, may Allah preserve you.
Another questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : What is its name?
The questioner : Images.
The Shaykh : That is enough.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our Shaykh, but some people say that since it has no counterpart, meaning that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) did not create anything like it, this excludes it from the prohibition.
The Shaykh : Any idol that is made, and if I may use the expression, an Arab who makes an idol.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Does it represent a person?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So, is it permissible?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Then?
The questioner : May Allah reward you, may Allah preserve you.
Another questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
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