Is it permissible to dress a child in clothes that contain images, and how to get rid of them?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to dress a child in clothes that contain images? And how to get rid of them?
The Shaykh : As for images that do not have a head, there is no harm in dressing a boy in them, that is, in clothes that contain these images. Likewise, a head without a body is permissible, unless the head is of one of the exalted figures in disbelief, or in open sinfulness, or in lewdness. In that case, it is not permissible to exalt these people or to keep their memory alive, because they are callers to evil. However, if it is the head of an unknown person whose identity is not known and who does not cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), there is no harm in dressing a boy in clothes of this type. As for complete images, it is not permissible to dress a boy in clothes that contain these images. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have stated that it is forbidden to dress a boy in what is forbidden for an adult.
As for how to get rid of them, getting rid of them is easy. A person should not buy them, and people should boycott them. If people boycott them, they will not come to our countries, because they did not come except when people became obsessed with them and started using them. So if they are abandoned and not used, they will not enter the countries. If it is said, "We do not find ready-made clothes in the market except those with these images," we say, but, praise be to Allah, there are pieces of cloth in the market that have not yet been cut. A person can buy a piece and have it tailored by a tailor to the size he wants. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner Ibrahim Abu Hamid says.
The Shaykh : As for images that do not have a head, there is no harm in dressing a boy in them, that is, in clothes that contain these images. Likewise, a head without a body is permissible, unless the head is of one of the exalted figures in disbelief, or in open sinfulness, or in lewdness. In that case, it is not permissible to exalt these people or to keep their memory alive, because they are callers to evil. However, if it is the head of an unknown person whose identity is not known and who does not cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), there is no harm in dressing a boy in clothes of this type. As for complete images, it is not permissible to dress a boy in clothes that contain these images. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have stated that it is forbidden to dress a boy in what is forbidden for an adult.
As for how to get rid of them, getting rid of them is easy. A person should not buy them, and people should boycott them. If people boycott them, they will not come to our countries, because they did not come except when people became obsessed with them and started using them. So if they are abandoned and not used, they will not enter the countries. If it is said, "We do not find ready-made clothes in the market except those with these images," we say, but, praise be to Allah, there are pieces of cloth in the market that have not yet been cut. A person can buy a piece and have it tailored by a tailor to the size he wants. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner Ibrahim Abu Hamid says.