What is the ruling on bringing books containing pictures into the mosque for the purpose of studying from them?
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It is not permissible to enter the mosque with prominent images, such as those on book covers, because angels do not enter a house in which there is an image. As for hidden and unintentional images inside a book, there is no harm in them, but the more complete action is to obscure the face of the image.
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