Fatwa ID: 05947

Answered by: Shaykh Shafiur Rahman

Question:

If someone is praying while wearing a t-shirt that has a depiction of a creature on it, is his prayer valid or should he repeat it?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

It is makruh tahrimi (strongly disliked) to pray with pictures of a full living being that has a soul/ruh (e.g human beings and animals) on one’s clothes.¹ However, it will not invalidate the Salah.

If the picture is very small whereby the full details of limbs etc or the animal/human is not clearly recognisable or if it is a picture of one part/limb of the living being then it will not be makruh to pray in.²

Only Allah knows best

Written by Shaykh Shafiur Rahman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 (وَلُبْسُ ثَوْبٍ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ) ذِي رُوحٍ،

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ص647 – كتاب حاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ط الحلبي – فرع لا بأس بتكليم المصلي وإجابته برأسه – المكتبة الشاملة

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 (أَوْ كَانَتْ صَغِيرَةً) لَا تَتَبَيَّنُ تَفَاصِيلُ أَعْضَائِهَا لِلنَّاظِرِ قَائِمًا وَهِيَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ، ذَكَرَهُ الْحَلَبِيُّ (أَوْ مَقْطُوعَةَ الرَّأْسِ أَوْ الْوَجْهِ) أَوْ مَمْحُوَّةَ عُضْوٍ لَا تَعِيشُ بِدُونِهِ (أَوْ لِغَيْرِ ذِي رُوحٍ لَا) يُكْرَهُ لِأَنَّهَا لَا تُعْبَدُ

ص648 – كتاب حاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار ط الحلبي – فرع لا بأس بتكليم المصلي وإجابته برأسه – المكتبة الشاملة