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Is it haraam to have these on your pc... a picture of bush with a beard and him speaking in urdu saying that he has converted to islam with the help of musharraf

· 18 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 7954English

Question

a picture of bush with a beard and him speaking in urdu saying that he has converted to islam with the help of musharraf. is it haram because it is changing his face or appearance. another one someone emailed me is a clip of bush on bbc news 24 speaking but it has been edited to make him say the he is a bully to the people in Afghanistan.is it haram to have these two clips.jazakallah

Answer

To create or view any animate picture is prohibited. Besides these pictures making a mockery of Islam. One should totally abstain from them.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

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