Pictures on children's clothes
22-4-2004 | IslamWeb
Question:
My question, that I would like to be answered is, is it permissible to dress your baby/children with clothing which has pictures on them such as teddy bears and other animal characters in them. My husband saying that I’m being to extreme because I don’t want to dress my baby with clothes with animals on them. He believes that nothing is wrong with that. I heard that the angels wouldn’t guard the child with pictures on there clothing. Is that true? Can you please provide me with the necessary Hadith, Ayah which tells if it is permissible or not.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
There are many Ahadith that prove the prohibition of photography; you may read them in our previous Fatawa: 83020, 83249 and 87005.
However, we are of the opinion that the prohibition does not apply to the pictures that are on the garments since they are humiliated and there is no meaning of any respect in the pictures of a cat, a bear, etc.
The Ahadith which prove that the angels do not enter a house where a dog or a picture exist do not apply to the protecting angels who record the deeds of a human being, protect his provision, life, and protect him/her from Jinn, too. Many scholars such as al-Nawawi, al-Mubarak Poori and others are of this opinion.