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Permissibility of Making and Selling Dolls as a Hobby: A Halal Perspective

Q: Is it permissible to make dolls as a hobby? If one has already made them, created them, is it permissible to then sell them? Will the money made from selling them be halaal?

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A: Making statues, dolls, etc. of any animate object is forbidden in Islam. Severe warnings have been sounded in the Ahaadith for the one who gets involved in such actions. Making or carving a statue or being in possession of it is impermissible. You should immediately destroy the dolls and sincerely repent to Allah Ta’ala for committing this sins. Similarly you should make a firm resolve that you will not get involved in this sin in the future. It is impermissible for you to sell these dolls and earn through it.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

وفي التوضيح قال أصحابنا وغيرهم تصوير صورة الحيوان حرام أشد التحريم وهو من الكبائر وسواء صنعه لما يمتهن أو لغيره فحرام بكل حال لأن فيه مضاهاة لخلق الله وسواء كان في ثوب أو بساط أو دينار أو درهم أو فلس أو إناء أو حائط وأما ما ليس فيه صورة حيوان كالشجر ونحوه فليس بحرام وسواء كان في هذا كله ما له ظل وما لا ظل له وبمعناه قال جماعة العلماء مالك والثوري وأبو حنيفة وغيرهم (عمدة القاري شرح صحيح البخاري 22/70)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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