❖ Shar‘i Ruling on Printing Images of Living Beings in Light of the Qur’an and Hadith ❖
Source: Ahkam wa Masail in the Light of the Qur’an and Hadith, Volume 01, Page 513
❀ Question
What type of image printing is considered permissible or impermissible in Islam?
✔ Response
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام علىٰ رسول الله، أما بعد:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
{إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا عِندَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ}
“Indeed, the people who will receive the severest punishment with Allah are the image-makers.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book of Clothing, Chapter: The Punishment for Image-Makers, Page 880)
✿ Ruling:
It is not permissible in Shari‘ah to draw, publish, or print images of any living being (possessing a soul) — whether human or animal.
Such acts fall under the category of image-making (tasweer), which has been clearly and strictly prohibited in authentic Hadith.
هٰذَا مَا عِندِي وَاللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ
This is what I know; and Allah knows best what is correct.
