What is the ruling on having pictures and statues in the house?
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The questioner : Shaykh, here you are discussing religious innovation. I see a picture there in the shape of a duck. In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, in the shape of a duck, a bird. What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Naturally, pictures are forbidden in any place. We see.
The questioner : And sometimes they make them in the shape of a person praying, and sometimes in the shape of a gun!
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : Everything that has been said now, Shaykh, in response to the hadith that some people and some jurists cite as evidence, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1017a Is all of this said about that as well?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We say to this brother Yusuf 'Atiq: stick to the old matter.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Let the name be a name for what it is named.
The Shaykh : Naturally, pictures are forbidden in any place. We see.
The questioner : And sometimes they make them in the shape of a person praying, and sometimes in the shape of a gun!
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : Everything that has been said now, Shaykh, in response to the hadith that some people and some jurists cite as evidence, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
He who sets a good precedent in Islam
مَن سَنَّ في الإسلام سنَّة حسنةThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We say to this brother Yusuf 'Atiq: stick to the old matter.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Let the name be a name for what it is named.
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