Is it permissible to draw a girl without a face, but with her legs, or to draw a girl with her face, but without her legs?
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A picture is identified by the head, so the presence of the head is the criterion for the impermissibility of a picture. It is permissible to draw a body without a head, but it is not permissible to draw a face, even if it is without a body. Avoiding drawing animate beings is preferable and more absolving of responsibility, along with the necessity that the drawing be free from anything that leads to evil, such as temptation.
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