{"_id":"67083449dbb96ca9c6c9dadd","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"background\":\"transparent\",\"color\":\"#000000\"},\"insert\":\"Is it haram to participate in activities that use drawn images?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"I have heard that making images is not permissible. Does this mean that indulging in activities that use images others have made is also impermissible? For example: is it haram to watch cartoons, use emojis, buy stickers, etc.?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"With regards to images, there are two aspects to consider:\\n1. The making of images (taswīr)\\n2. The use of images\\n\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Image Making\"},{\"attributes\":{\"header\":2},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"Regarding image-making, there are two categories:\\n1. Three-dimensional\\n2. Two-dimensional\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Three-dimensional images like statues, dolls, action figures, etc\"},{\"insert\":\"\\nCreating 3D images of creatures that possess a spirit/soul like humans and animals, even if they don’t exist in real life like unicorns, is haram according to all four schools. If the image is not complete, meaning it’s missing something without which it cannot survive like the head or the entire lower body, then it’s permissible to make. The exception to this rule is dolls and action figures.\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Two-Dimensional images\"},{\"insert\":\"\\nThe Hanafis, Hanbalis, and Shafi‘is consider the prohibition of image-making (taswīr) to include 2D images as well, with the same stipulation that the image must be complete. The Malikis, however, say that the prohibition of taswīr only applies to 3D images. Therefore, according to the Maliki school, it is not haram to draw 2D images.\\n\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Use of 2D Images\"},{\"attributes\":{\"header\":2},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"The Shafis say that if the image is not in a place of reverence like walls or on people’s clothes but instead on the floor or on a pillow or other places where the objective is utility and not reverence, the image is permitted. This is taken from the hadith of Aisha where she had covered a wall in her room with a sheet that had an image of a pegasus and the prophet ṣalla-l-lāhu ʿalaihi wa sallam told her to take it down and she said she cut it up and covered pillows/cushions with it.\\n\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Photographs\"},{\"attributes\":{\"header\":2},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"The majority of Arab scholars from all four schools are of the opinion that photography is not taswīr (image-making), so photos are permissible. The majority of indo-pak scholars are of the opinion that photographs are taswīr.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fee0b76658b4c232978","tag":"Contemporary Life: Art","count":43},{"_id":"668da0120b76658b4c232d5e","tag":"Contemporary Life: Social Media","count":26}],"createdOn":"2024-10-10T20:08:41.736Z"}