Drawing living things

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Salam
From a shari'i perspective, drawing things which have a SOUL in them is prohibited as it leads to shirk. Images of people that are drawn leads to shirk as does statues.
Photography is a different issue and there is an ikhtilaaf (difference of opinion) on this issue. I take the opinion that it is allowed.
Wassalam
 
Prawned said:
No not really. That doesn't really make sense. Who draws the living things which get printed in text books? Is it haraam for him (or her I guess) to do so? Surely they must be drawn before they are printed? (Oh and who prints them? Is that also haraam? But someone has to do it right?)

I'm still very confused about this and no one here has given me a straight answer.
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:) It's ok prawned.

Photographs which are essential are permitted - such as those required for identity documents, or for identifying or pursuing criminals [e.g. "wanted" posters and the like - translator's note], or for educational purposes which cannot be achieved otherwise. The principle in Shari'ah is that we should not exaggerate about what is necessary.

See link below if you wish to read more about this topic :)

http://members.tripod.com/safia71/pictures.htm
 
I have read a fatwa which gives permission to draw the living beings. According to it, today there is no danger of worshipping these pictures among muslims. At the time of prophet (saw) there was widespread to worship pictures and monuments. Therefore our prophet strictly prohibited to draw and make.

WALLOHU ALAM
 
hadith - Bukhari 3:428, Narrated Said bin Abu Al-Hasan

While I was with Ibn 'Abbas a man came and said, "O father of 'Abbas! My sustenance is from my manual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn 'Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Apostle . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn 'Abbas said to him, "What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."[PIE][/PIE]
 
also [PIE]Hadith - Bukhari 4:448, Narrated Abu Talha

I heard Allah's Apostle saying; "Angels (of Mercy) do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or a picture of a living creature (a human being or an animal)." [/PIE]
 

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