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Bad Omens
- Authenticity of Hadith “Run from the leper as you run away from a lion”
- Being superstitious of months, days, birds and the like
Taswir
- Photographs taken for necessity or for decorative purposes
- Taking photographs of living creatures
- Photography and keeping photographs
- Photography in Islam
- Taking photographs of humans and other beings
- Taking photographs of creatures with souls using cameras or the like
- Taking photos of living beings is unlawful whether the photo is three-dimensional, photographic, manual, or sculpture
- Photography and buying magazines that have pictures in them
- Photography
- Suspicions about the unlawfulness of photography
- Televised images on TV and videotapes
- Drawing living beings
- Taking photographs of living creatures
- Absolute prohibition of taking photographs of living creatures
- China decorated with pictures and used only when necessary
- Cursing both Musawwir and the one whose photo is taken
- Earning living from photography and putting photos of living beings at homes
- The passion for the physical form
- Illustrative images in academic and scientific books and magazines
- Drawing illustrative images on the board during teaching
- Using drawings and shapes of living beings such as humans and the like
- Taswir of non-living beings
- Scale models of the two Sacred Mosques
- Putting photographs of animals or humans in a Masjid
- Taking photographs of animate creatures or hanging them in Masjids and other places
- Possessing magazines that contain photographs
- Keeping daily newspapers and magazines which include pictures
- Pictures inside the books
- Taking photographs and making sculptures of living beings
- Sculpture and photography of living beings
- Erecting statues
- Statues and the so-called “Unknown Soldier Monument”
- Sculpture, classical paintings, and abstract art
- Attitude of artists towards the Hadiths prohibiting Taswir
- Taking photographs of living beings such as human beings and animals and keeping the photos
- Taking family photographs
- Taking photos of the bride, bridegroom, and their families at weddings
- Keeping photos as mementos
- Photographing women
- Taking photos of Muslims offering congregational Salah and of children reciting the Qur’an
- Pictures on paper money
- Keeping pictures of living beings hung on the wall
- Hanging pictures on the walls
- Hanging pictures on the walls of houses
- Keeping the prohibited photos
- Keeping pictures even if not hung on walls
- Selling statues as a profession
- Prohibition of taking photos of living beings and earning a living from them
- Depicting the Companions
- The price of selling prohibited photos
- Owning stuffed birds and animals
- Possessing stuffed birds sold as gifts and decorative ornaments
- Putting photos in ID cards
- Photography to get an ID card
- Photo of a woman’s face in a passport
- “Angels do not enter the house in which there is a picture, a statute or a dog”
- Copying images and earning a living from photography
- Prohibition of taking photographs of living beings such as people and animals, unless when necessary
- Photocopying ID cards and documents that bear photographs
Major Shirk
- The difference between major Shirk and minor Shirk
- The meaning of “And do not marry Al-Mushrikat”
- Invoking other than Allah such as Jinn, dead and absentees and those who follow idolatrous conventions
- Similarity of committing acts of Shirk and never entering Islam
- Obeying Allah in His legislations
- Praying behind someone who invokes other than Allah
- Allah created all creatures to worship Him Alone
- Sending peace on Allah’s Messenger while facing his grave and deeds of major and minor Shirk
- Manifestations of Shirk in Muslim Communities
- Ruling on violating Islamic `Aqidah out of ignorance
Minor Shirk
- Refraining from doing a deed because of people is Riya’ and doing a deed because of them is Shirk
- Persisting to follow Allah’s Orders and abstain from His Prohibitions seeking His Reward and fearing His Punishment
- Swearing by other than Allah
- Expressing pride in being knowledgeable to others
- Getting rid of ostentation
Tawaghit
- Those who judge by other than Allah’s revealed laws
- Obligation of appealing to the Qur’an and the Sunnah for legal rulings in case of disputes
- The meaning of Al-Taghut and interpreting the Ayah “They wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taghut”
- Taghut is anything in which a servant exceeds the limits whether it is worship, following, or obedience
- Not everything worshiped besides Allah is considered as Taghut
- Impermissibility of pursuing lawsuits under a non-Muslim government
- Seeking judgment from Shari`ah and not from tribal rules
- Governments ruling according to laws not revealed by Allah as non-Muslim governments
- Participating in enacting a law opposing Islamic rulings
- Muslims voting for non-Muslims in elections
- A Muslim cooperating with a Christian in whatever does not contradict with Islamic Shari`ah
- Taking oaths to respect positive laws
- Ruling on invoking Allah against a ruler who does not judge according to what Allah has revealed
- Studying positive laws and working as an attorney
- Studying positive laws and working as an attorney or a judge
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