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Is Hentai Haram? (Drawn Awrah)

IslamWeb IslamWeb declare that hentai is prohibited. They write: It is not permissible to see or keep pornographic cartoon pictures for several reasons: Firstly, the Prophet forbade image making (...
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Are Christian depictions of Jesus and Mary considered accurate?

According to Islam, we do not have a detailed description of 'Īsa ﷺ and none of Mariam. The brief description of 'Īsa ﷺ was given in a hadith: حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ ...
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How can sculpting/drawing be Haram when Isa (PBUH) sculpted a bird?

Most scholars have said that making images was permitted for the previous nations and is not permitted to us. This can be found in the Tafsirs of the related verse: يعملون له ما يشاء من محاريب ...
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What are the consequences of angels not entering one's house due to pictures?

In Sahih Muslim bi Sharh al-Nawawi 14/84 (Arabic only) by An-Nawawi, in his commentary on the hadith in Sahih Muslim 37/130, he said that the angels that do not enter the room are the angels that roam ...
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Is anyone at fault for money containing images?

The objective of the following is not to answer your question; rather, to show why it is difficult to give a precise answer. The Islam Q&A Fatwa 256888 stipulates that using money with depictions ...
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What are the consequences of angels not entering one's house due to pictures?

It would be only some angels not all for we know there are endless number of angels governing different processes in the world. There are angels for sun, rain, clouds, plants and humans, performing ...
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Is Firefox software halal due to its logo?

For reference, here's the Firefox logo: Even stricter scholars don't include "incomplete images" as haram, e.g., Islam Q&A wrote: It seems that images which do not have complete ...
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Are images of the Prophets more haram than images of other beings with souls?

Islam forbids images in general, regardless of whether they are of prophets or of others. However at least some scholars hold the view that creating images of prophets is more serious than making ...
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Why is drawing animate objects haram?

It's considered haram (see e.g. IslamWeb) because of hadith such as the following: ... "The makers of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said to them, '...
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Is Hentai Haram? (Drawn Awrah)

To me answer is clear and you already give it yourself (the asker). (16:90) Surely Allah enjoins justice, kindness and the doing of good to kith and kin, and forbids all that is shameful, evil ...
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Is it haram to pray salat while wearing a shirt with the Polo Ralph Lauren logo (featuring someone playing polo on a horse)?

Yes, it is permissible. The face of both the horse and the rider is unclear in this logo. Ibn Abbaas (RA) said: "The image is the head. So if the head is cut off, it is no longer an image." ...
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Is Hentai Haram? (Drawn Awrah)

Hentai is a form of porn, so yes, it is haraam. Any type of porn is forbidden, whether it be cartoon or not. Also, it is disgusting. Don't waste your time reading/watching it. Edit: the Quran says: ...
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What is the ruling for making images?

I answered most of this here: Why is drawing animate objects haram? There's not going to be "the" ruling, but a variety of rulings. Inspecting online fatawa for rulings, I found the ...
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How can sculpting/drawing be Haram when Isa (PBUH) sculpted a bird?

The key word in this verse is بإذن الله (by permission of Allah). Allah (ﷻ) gave him permission to sculpt it and then He Himself caused the clay bird to come to life. -- Does Allah (ﷻ) put life into ...
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Can I wear clothes with images on it

The most accepted opinion is that images are haram, especially when it involves designs of creations which do not exist in real life as if it is a challenge to the designs of Allah - and on Judgment ...
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Are images of Muhammad "quite common nowadays" in Shia Islam, and if so, where can I find them?

I had already written an answer to a similar question. If one makes a general survey, s/he would find it is rarely common in Iran for Muslims to holds images of holy figures in their homes. This is ...
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Is it permissible to earn money from painting cityscapes and scenery?

According to the majority of the scholars, it is permissible to draw anything that is non-living and does not have a soul. لا بأس بتصوير الأشياء التي يصنعها البشر، كصورة المنزل والسيارة والسفينة ...
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Is it haram for girls to post their pics on the internet without hijab?

Man or woman, you shouldn't post your pictures online where they are always available to see for anyone who chooses to at will. This applies to profile pictures in apps like facebook, twitter, ...
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Is it acceptable to Praying with Animals' logo T shirts

It is considered makruh to pray in clothes which have an image of a living thing on them. * English translation is my own, so may contain mistakes فقال الحنفية - كما في الدر وحاشية الطحطاوي ...
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Using anime character image as wallpaper with intention of motivation

Pictures, images or videos (including of anime characters) are not haram, except if the content of the image is haram, like nudity o sexual pictures or something like that. I have pictures of my ...
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Is it in line with Islam to call themselves "Army of Jesus" and carry icons of Jesus Christ?

No, it's very uncommon behavior in the history of Islam. As UmH comment stated, there's nothing wrong with saying "Army of Jesus", since Muslims believe in his prophecy and that his ...
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Is drawing haram? (Response to the view that it is permissible)?

Please note that Islam.SE is not for seeking judgement on which viewpoint is correct. The view that images are permitted (as long as they are not worshiped) has been held by some factions since ...
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Can I draw something with a 'soul' if it's for school?

In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind. Answer: Your question: am I allowed to draw human organs or characteristics like a heart or talking? Yes, you can draw any unanimated things, ...
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Is it permissible to draw a tree and bird silhouette?

I feel like this is mostly answered by my answer to What is the ruling for making images? Basically, the ruling depends on which scholar you ask. Among several views, the most cautious view is that ...
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Is downloading picture from google and uploading it to youtube haram?

Basically, Islam respects copyright; see IslamWeb. However, what precisely this means is not straightforward, and depends on the circumstances: The US, for instance, has a fair use policy on using ...
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Does Making And Or Selling Fishing Lures Haram?

Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem As Salaamu 3laykum, I hope you are doing well. By default everything for us is halal unless stated otherwise. When we look at all the ahadith (Prophetic sayings) we ...
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Is it enough to cover the drawings and pictures or should we get rid of it completely?

Yes it's enough to cover them as there is a hadith supporting this https://sunnah.com/bukhari/46/40
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Is Hentai Haram? (Drawn Awrah)

Brother I get your question but one thing we should ask ourselves is does it excite us and provoke us and make us more hyper towards sexuality or not. It definitely does and leads many youth to crave ...
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Is downloading cartoon images Haram?

This is a very debatable Mas'ala in Fiqh, so no one can give the ultimate Fatwa, but if a good Scholar give a Fatwa (even if you don't feel comfortable with it for any reason) You have to obey the ...
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Can i draw animation?

Today there are a number of Islamic illustrated books and animated cartoons on the market for children. Due to the prohibition of image making in Islamic Law, people have differing opinions about how ...
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