Is it permissible to make and sell children's costumes in the shape of animals or cartoon characters, and is this considered among the forbidden forms of imagery or embodiment?
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It is not permissible to manufacture or sell clothes that have images of animate beings on them, and this is for two reasons: Firstly, it is not permissible in Islamic law to wear anything that has a picture of an animal. Secondly, if the image is in the form of animals, it involves imitating them, which is reprehensible and forbidden.
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