{"_id":"6a91d26d65a8da1debfe3913","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it haram to build humanoid robots?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it haram to build humanoid robots that have the general architecture of a human being, such as two arms, two legs, a head, and a torso, but do not attempt to imitate detailed human features such as skin or appearance?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Humanoid robots built to resemble the human form fall under the prohibition of taswīr (making images or statues of living beings), even if they lack finer details like human skin. When these machines are powered by artificial intelligence to mimic human thought, conversation, and behavior, they resonate more strongly with the core legal reason (ʿillāh) cited in the Hadiths - namely, the attempt to emulate the creation of Allah (muḍāhāt khalqillāh). (Sahih al-Bukhari \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5951\"},\"insert\":\"5951\"},{\"insert\":\", \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5954\"},\"insert\":\"5954\"},{\"insert\":\", \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7559\"},\"insert\":\"7559\"},{\"insert\":\")\\n\\nHowever, this is only one aspect of the issue. A holistic legal assessment must also take into account the severe real-world harms this technology brings. These include mass job displacement and worsening economic inequality; reliance on artificial companionship that erodes genuine human socialization; replacing interpersonal relationships with machine interactions that diminish empathy, patience, and the cultivation of noble character; ambiguity surrounding moral agency and legal liability; the potential for destructive misuse in warfare; exploitation in illicit sexual contexts that normalizes immorality and destroys the boundaries Allah has placed around human intimacy; and the commodification of the human form that Allah has honored by reducing it to a commercial product. (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/17/70\"},\"insert\":\"Qur'an 17:70\"},{\"insert\":\")\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fee0b76658b4c232978","tag":"Contemporary Life: Art","count":48},{"_id":"668da0120b76658b4c232d57","tag":"Contemporary Life: Technology","count":20}],"createdOn":"2026-08-28T18:24:45.120Z"}