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Pictures of animals on clothing: What is the ruling on wearing such clothes and praying in them

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Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

What is the ruling on wearing clothing that has pictures of animals? Is there a difference between the clothing of children and adults? What is the ruling on praying in such clothes?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

According to Al-Tuhfa, it is unlawful to wear clothes that have pictures of animals, even if the picture is of an imaginary creature, such as horses with wings. The condition for the unlawfulness is that the pictures include what the creature cannot live without, such as the top half of the body. However, if the picture is of some part of the body that does not normally support life, such as the picture of a head, a head and chest with no abdomen, a hand, a foot or the lower part of the body, then it is not unlawful to wear. This is according to the relied upon position of the great scholar Ibn Hajar, in disagreement with the great scholar Al-Ramli.

There is no difference between children’s and adults’ clothing with respect to the above rulings, as our imams have not made a distinction therein.

It is not unlawful to pray in clothes with pictures on them, and the prayer in such clothes is valid, although it is disliked.

Amjad Rasheed

(Translated by Lida Kahi)

السؤال: ما هو حكم لبس الثياب التي فيها حيوانات مرسومة ؟ وهل ثم فرق بين ملابس الأطفال و الكبار ؟ وما حكم الصلاة في هذه الملابس ؟ الجواب : يحرم لبسُ ثوبٍ مرسومٍ عليه صورةُ حيوانٍ وإن لم يكن له نظيرٌ في الواقع كفرس بأجنحة كما في “التحفة” ، لكن يشترط في تحقق الحرمة أن تكون الصورةُ مشتملةً على ما لا يعيش بدونه كالنصف العلوي من البدن ، أما إن كانت الصورة لبعض أعضاء البدن مما لا يعيش الحيوان به عادة كرأس وحده أو رأس وصدر دون البطن أو كانت صورة يد أو قدم مثلاً أو صورة للجزء الأسفل من البدن فلا يحرم لبس ذلك كما اعتمده العلامة ابن حجر خلافاً للعلامة الرملي . ولا فرق فيما تقدم بين الصغير والكبير كما أطلقه أئمتنا . أما الصلاة بثوب فيه صورة فلا تحرم ولا تبطل بها الصلاة لكنها مكروهة

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