I used to love drawing and drew pictures of animals and people. I have since heard that it is forbidden to draw pictures of things that have a soul. As A Sunni Muslim, do I now have to destroy all the drawings of living things I have made in the past?
I used to love drawing and drew pictures of animals and people. I have since heard that it is forbidden to draw pictures of things that have a soul. As A Sunni Muslim, do I now have to destroy all the drawings of living things I have made in the past?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 5 years ago
Muslim is not allowed to draw picture of beings with soul like human beings and animals.
If you draw part of the body, not the whole, many Ulama say that it will be permitted.
You need to either to change the drawings of the soul beings, or if it is not changeable, then get rid of it.
Wassalam.