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Can I store a picture of my grandmother who passed away in my phone, and is it a sin if I cry about her death?

To feel grief when someone has died is totally normal and so it is not a sin to feel sad. However there are things which are haram such as mourning out loud, hitting yourself, ripping your clothes and ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 drawing pictures in books prohibited?

Assalaamu alaikum warehmatullahi wabarakatuhu, In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful There seems to be two issues, but regarding your issue:- Abû Talhah relates that the ...
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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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Can I store a picture of my grandmother who passed away in my phone, and is it a sin if I cry about her death?

Storing her picture on your phone is ok. What is NOT okay is that you hang a photo on the wall. No, crying about her won't count a sin for her as long as she didn't tell you to be sad about her death ...
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Is watching cartoons/anime for entertainment Haram?

First of all i would say what counts in any matter is the intention. Then when it comes to drawings and pictures etc. i think our dear brother @American-Muslim gave you a few helpful links and an ...
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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 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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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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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 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 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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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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Can I store a picture of my grandmother who passed away in my phone, and is it a sin if I cry about her death?

As long as the picture is not exposed (open for anyone to see), you can store her picture in your phone. Your mourning won't count as a sin, but it may make her soul sad. (Mourning on her grave) May ...
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Does Quran agree with Bible and Eastern theologies in that man is created in the image of God?

Absolutely not. On the contrary, Islam says clearly that nothing is alike God, neither the man nor any thing else : " ليس كمثله شئ و هو السميع البصير " Surat Alashura , Aya 11.
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Are echhi anime haram?

regardless of what you're watching, if something other than your wife is controlling your sexual desires, it must be refrained from as shaitaan is trying to make you have more of it. if you really ...
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