What is the ruling on learning how to make dolls for children?
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The questioner : Okay, a second question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : For example, dolls, toys for children.
The Shaykh : If the dolls are made at home and are not the kind made by the disbelievers in Europe that are bought from the markets, if they are made from scraps of cloth at home, then it is permissible; otherwise, it is not.
The questioner : Okay, what if I learn to make them myself?
The Shaykh : What do you learn to make them with?
The questioner : With cloth, meaning I go to learn so I can make them.
The Shaykh : Where do you learn, may Allah guide you?
The questioner : For example, at a center, or for example, a woman who knows how to make them like this would teach me.
The Shaykh : Do you make them from dough, specifically?
The questioner : Cloth, cloth.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : From cloth.
The Shaykh : From cloth, who is going to teach you?
The questioner : For example, there is a woman who is trained in Amman, I am speaking with you.
The Shaykh : I am asking you, who is going to teach you?
The questioner : Who is going to teach me? A woman.
The Shaykh : A woman, okay, so she is a specialist.
The questioner : Yes, yes, a specialist.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : So, I cannot learn it, right?
The Shaykh : No, my daughter, neither you nor she; it is not permissible for this to become a profession. It should be according to nature, according to nature, in the old way, in the way that the Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) did it, without effort, without artifice, not a matter of sewing and embroidery and the like, such that the matter requires learning and teaching. In simplicity, I mean, how old are you now?
The questioner : I am twenty-three years old.
The Shaykh : Yes, what Allah willed, you cannot take a scrap of cloth and cut it from here and there and put it together, two stitches on the right and two on the left, these are arms and legs, and so on, each one comes out in your hand, you make this thing and present it to the small child, whether it is a boy or a girl.
The questioner : It will be like this if I do it.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but you go to learn, no.
The questioner : I go, no.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : For example, dolls, toys for children.
The Shaykh : If the dolls are made at home and are not the kind made by the disbelievers in Europe that are bought from the markets, if they are made from scraps of cloth at home, then it is permissible; otherwise, it is not.
The questioner : Okay, what if I learn to make them myself?
The Shaykh : What do you learn to make them with?
The questioner : With cloth, meaning I go to learn so I can make them.
The Shaykh : Where do you learn, may Allah guide you?
The questioner : For example, at a center, or for example, a woman who knows how to make them like this would teach me.
The Shaykh : Do you make them from dough, specifically?
The questioner : Cloth, cloth.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : From cloth.
The Shaykh : From cloth, who is going to teach you?
The questioner : For example, there is a woman who is trained in Amman, I am speaking with you.
The Shaykh : I am asking you, who is going to teach you?
The questioner : Who is going to teach me? A woman.
The Shaykh : A woman, okay, so she is a specialist.
The questioner : Yes, yes, a specialist.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : So, I cannot learn it, right?
The Shaykh : No, my daughter, neither you nor she; it is not permissible for this to become a profession. It should be according to nature, according to nature, in the old way, in the way that the Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) did it, without effort, without artifice, not a matter of sewing and embroidery and the like, such that the matter requires learning and teaching. In simplicity, I mean, how old are you now?
The questioner : I am twenty-three years old.
The Shaykh : Yes, what Allah willed, you cannot take a scrap of cloth and cut it from here and there and put it together, two stitches on the right and two on the left, these are arms and legs, and so on, each one comes out in your hand, you make this thing and present it to the small child, whether it is a boy or a girl.
The questioner : It will be like this if I do it.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but you go to learn, no.
The questioner : I go, no.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
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