What is the ruling on placing anime images, especially faces, on forum homepages and within their sections, and what is the ruling on drawing only the face (with eyes)?
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There is no harm in drawing pictures that are limited to the face alone or the body alone without a head. Regarding this, Ibn Qudamah says in Al-Mughni: "If the drawing initially depicts a body without a head, or a head without a body, or if it is given a head and the rest of its body is in a form other than that of an animal, it does not fall under the prohibition; because that is not the image of an animal." However, drawing a complete image is not permissible, even if it has no counterpart in reality.
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