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azc
I wish to see the names of scholars especially classical ones who allow the animated things..?
ok so we've seen Ibn Hajar allowed it; he never said anything about not without facial features did he?; look at the differences of opinions; this is from a reputable salafi site; barbie, superman batman teddy's have facial features innit?:
Question
aselamu alaykum I've read your fetawa regarding the keeping of dolls. my question is, i share a room with my little sisters and it's full of dolls such as barbies, bears and the like....i tend to cover them with cloth or put them in wardrobes but it's still hard as my sisters play with it all the time. So is it a must to cover thos things at other times?is there age limite to keep dolls? how about older girls that keep their dolls which they used to play in thier childhood?can we let a boy play with boy's doll such as superman and the like?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
The matter is as we mentioned in Fataawa 83314 and 84972 that it is permissible for young girls to play with and keep such dolls as the Prophet
approved of 'Aa'ishah
playing with them.
It is permissible for girls to play with such dolls as long as they are below the age of puberty; if it is said that it is permissible for them to play with dolls after reaching the age of puberty when there is a need, then this is something possible.
'Aa'ishah
narrated: "When the Prophet
arrived after the expedition of Tabook or Khaybar (the doubt is from the narrator on her behalf), the wind raised one end of a curtain which was hung in front of her store-room, revealing some dolls which belonged to her. He
asked: ''What is this?'' She
replied: "My dolls''. Among them he
saw a horse with wings made of rags, and asked: ''What is this that I see among them?" She
replied: "A horse". He
asked: "What is this that it has on? She
replied: "Two wings". He
asked, surprisingly: "A horse with two wings?" She
replied: "Have you not heard that Solomon had horses with wings?" She
then said: "Thereupon the Prophet
laughed so heartily that I could see his molar teeth". [Abu Daawood].
Ibn Hajar
when interpreting the narration about 'Aa'ishah
playing with dolls, said: ''Al-Khattaabi
said: ''Playing with dolls is not like entertaining with all other kinds of portraits about which the prohibition is mentioned, rather, the Prophet
permitted 'Aa'ishah
to play with such dolls because she had not yet reached the age of puberty at that time. I [Ibn Hajar] said: ''We cannot be absolutely certain about this, but this is something possible, because 'Aa'ishah
was fourteen years of age at the battle of Khaybar, she has either completed fourteen years, or passed it or nearly reached that age, as regards the battle of Tabook, she has definitely reached the age of puberty, so the narration which says that she reached the age of puberty in Khaybar is more preponderant, and this opinion can be reconciled with what Al-Khataabi
said, as this is more appropriate in order to avoid any contradiction.''
It appears, Allaah knows best, that it is permissible as well for boys to play with dolls which suit their condition and because they are in need for playing with them.
The Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopaedia reads: ''We have already reported the statement of Al-Haleemi, that the boys are permitted to play with toys because this makes them happy, and this renders them active, strong and cheerful, and allows them to get a good cultivation and more education. Therefore, the matter is not only restricted to young girls, rather this also applies to young boys; this is the view of Abu Yoosuf
who said: "It is permissible to sell toys, and it is permissible for boys to play with them." His evidence about the permissibility of boys playing with toys or dolls is the narration about the fasting of young boys, which is reported by Al-Bukhaari and Muslim
and which reads: "We make them a toy made of wool, and when one of them cries for food, we give him the toy."
Allaah Knows best.
http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/in...twaId&Id=92512
and the scholars who are hesitant to allow it; even they are afraid to say it's
haraam:
With regard to that which does not have complete features and just has some limbs and a head, there is no doubt that this is permissible and that it comes under the same heading as the dolls with which ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) used to play. As for that which has complete features, as if you were looking at a person, especially if it can move or has a voice, then I feel hesitant to say that this is permissible, because it is imitating the creation of Allaah. It seems that the toys that ‘Aa’ishah used to play with were not like this, so it is better to avoid them. But I do not say that it is definitely haraam
https://islamqa.info/en/49844