Making a face on a car for children
Q: I want to animate a car in a funny way for kids. My car has simple eyes like dots and a curve like mouth. Is it permissible in Islam?
Pictures & Videos
Covering the entire face of animate objects on groceries
Q: Regarding pictures of animate objects...
1. After buying groceries etc. we normally scratch off the eyes, is that sufficient or do you have to scratch off the entire animate object (e.g. a picture of a person with their entire body, will it be sufficient to just cover the eyes or the face, or do you have to cover the entire body) and what is the ruling of it?
2. As is common, normally everyone deals with cash (money which has animate picture on it) and has cash (money) by the house, what would be the best way possible to cover the cash, thereby allowing the angels to enter one's home?
Muslim women appearing on YouTube quoting Quraan and Hadeeth
Q: Some Muslim women appear on YouTube clips quoting Quraan and Hadeeth. Please comment on this issue.
Pictures on clothing that resemble animate objects
Q: On kids outfits, if they have eyes on non animate objects e.g. a fruit or the sun, do I have to cover it?
Drawing a stick figure with a face
Q: I drew two stick figures with dots for eyes, no nose and a circle for a mouth. I drew circles for hands and legs on the stick figure. I drew three lines for hair. It was drawn to represent my dad and as a funny thing.
1. Is it permissible as it doesn't include any real features?
2. Is it permissible to pray in such a room?
3. Is the prayer still valid if I didn't know the ruling because I thought it is valid since it doesn't include any real features and only has geometrical shapes?
Drawing animate objects on cakes
Q: Does the ruling of drawing animate objects, specifically animals, also apply to baked goods/cakes? I have received mixed advice on this, some saying if there are no eyes it is ok, others saying because it gets eaten and isn’t kept as a drawing/picture or sculpture is it is ok. Please may you clarify.
Making an AI video depicting Jannah and Jahannam
Q: Can we make AI videos to depict Jannah and Jahannum?
This is just a visualization of Quranic verses and the real Jannah can only be seen after death. This is just an idea of jannah for motivation for believers.
Saying "I am a sinner" as found in an urdu nazam
Q: Is it permissible for one to say (out of humility) in public that "I am a sinner?"
There is an urdu nazam and the lyrics mean something to the effect of "I am a sinning servant and in need of your (Allah's) mercy."
Is it permissible to sing or listen to this nazam? And if the nazam is a video showing people or the singer in it?
Drawing a head with no facial features
Q: Is it permissible to draw a head with no facial features?
Questions from a high school student regarding the Hadith and Taraweeh
Q: These questions are from a high school student:
1. What is the ruling regarding drawing animate objects and why did Allah specifically create us from clay and clay is a flowing thing so why are we not allowed to also create?
2. Regarding the hadeeth, it has never been said that it was never changed. Only the Quraan is intact, so how would you know if all the hadeeth have not been changed?
3. Regarding taraweeh, they say that people only started reading it after the passing of Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), so it's not a must. Is it considered as a bidah?