Assalamaalaykum I wanted to know the ruling on teedybears and I heard that shaikh al-albani rahimahullah gave a fatawa that a girls could have a doll....Is this a doll with face and eyes?...and is the fatawa authenticated to Shaikh Al Albani rahimahullah.TextText
The ruling concrning Acquisition and Retention of Childrens toys which have Body( Three-deimensional)
Question : The opinions and legal rulings concerning childrens toys have become numerous. What is the ruling concerning dolls and three dimensional animal(toys)? There are those who rule that their possession is permissable with the condition that they be degraded and not given importance or attention. Then there are those who rule it totally impermissable. What is the correct ruling?Also what is the ruling concerning use of those pictured cards used for teaching children the letters of the alphabet, numbers,and the manner of performing ablution and prayer? May you inform me and may Allah benefit you!
Answer: The acquisition of images of that which has a soul (dhawaat al-arwaah) is not permissable, except those images which are kept out of neccesity-like the images of hafeezat an nufoos, personal id card, and liscence. Other images besided this are not permissable to be retained as childrens toys, nor for the purpose of teaching them. This is because of the generality of the prohobition of making images (tasweer) and the use of them. There are so many childrens toys that do not have images. And there are other means of teaching them besides the use of images(suwar). Whoever allows the acquisition of images for childrens toys-his opinion is rejected, because he has relied on the hadith which mentions the dolls of Aaisha radiallahu anha when she was a small girl.However it is said that the hadith of Aasiha is abrogated by the ahaadith which prohibits image making. it has also been said that the images mentioned in the hadith were not the same form as the images now present. Instead they were made from rags and scraps, and sticks and twigs known in their time.They did not imitate the shape or form of the animals like the ones today do. This is the correct opinion and Allah knows best !. The images known today are exact likeness of animals. In fact some of them move just like the movement of these animals.
Silsilah Kitaab ad - Da'wah 8/23,24
This was taken from the book " The Islaamic Ruling ConcerningTasweer"
Umm.Halimah
01-05-2003 @ 12:00 AM
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