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How do you explain to a <8 year old, who wants a Barbie, that it?s not allowed in Islam, without letting her feel that her religion is not presenting a hindrance.

· 21 Shawwal 1422 AH1 min readFatwa 4463English

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How do you explain to a <8 year old, who wants a Barbie, that it?s not allowed in Islam, without letting her feel that her religion is not presenting a hindrance.

Answer

In Islam, Shirk (ascribing partners with Allah) and anything relating to that is prohibited. That includes pictures and toys of animate objects as idol worship commenced with pictures of idols.

Such pictures were then made into images and later worshipped. We advise you explain the above in a very simplified form to your child according to her level of understanding.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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